Thevetia
Sign in to saveThevetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described for modern science as a genus in 1758. It is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and Cuba. The taxonomy of the genus is controversial, with some authors including Cascabela within Thevetia, while others accept the two genera as separate. thumb|right|Fruit and leaf detail of Thevetia ahouai
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
Common Name: thevetia
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Research
224 papers- Thevetia peruviana.Wilderness & environmental medicine · 2015
- Cascabela thevetia (L.) lippold.- a review on its phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicity.Natural product research · 2025
- Yellow oleander (Thevetia peruviana) toxicosis in 4 goats.Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2023
- Thevetia peruviana leaves, HPLC profile, isolation, and in vitro cytotoxicity.RSC advances · 2023
- In vitro spermicidal effect of Thevetia Peruviana leaves on human spermatozoa.Andrologia · 2022
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Thevetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described for modern science as a genus in 1758. It is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and Cuba. The taxonomy of the genus is controversial, with some authors including Cascabela within Thevetia, while others accept the two genera as separate. thumb|right|Fruit and leaf detail of Thevetia ahouai Species Thevetia ahouai (L.) A.DC. - Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia Thevetia amazonica Ducke - Brazil, Bolivia Thevetia bicornuta Müll.Arg. - Brazil, Paraguay, NE Argentina formerly included Thevetia alliodora = Cascabela ovata Thevetia cuneifolia = Cascabela ovata Thevetia gaumeri = Cascabela gaumeri Thevetia humboldtii (Kunth) Voigt 1845 not R.H. Schomb. 1840 = Cascabela thevetioides Thevetia linearis = Cascabela thevetia Thevetia neriifolia = Cascabela thevetia Thevetia ovata = Cascabela ovata Thevetia peruviana = Cascabela thevetia Thevetia pinifolia = Cascabela pinifolia Thevetia plumeriifolia = Cascabela ovata Thevetia spathulata = Cascabela gaumeri Thevetia steerei = Cascabela gaumeri Thevetia thevetia = Cascabela thevetia Thevetia thevetioides = Cascabela thevetioides Thevetia yccotli = Cascabela thevetioides
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