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Cerbera thevetia

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Name

Identification
Cerbera thevetia L. [family APOCYNACEAE ]
Related name
  • Cerbera thevetia

Flora

Entry for THEVETIA peruviana (Pers.) K. Schum. [family APOCYNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Gilbert (Ceropegia), D. Goyder (Calotropis, Conomitra, Glossonema, Gomphocarpus, Leptadenia, Marsdenia, Odontanthera, Oxystelma, Pentatropis, Pergularia, Secamone, Stigmatorhynchus, Tylophora), J. Lavranos (Ballyanthus, Caralluma, Desmidorchis, Duvalia, Echidnopsis, Edithcolea, Huernia, Orbea, Pseudolithos, Pseudopectinaria, Rhytidocaulon, Sanguilluma, Whitesloanea), S. Liede-Schumann (Blyttia, Calciphila, Cynanchum, Goydera, Pentarrhinum, Pleurostelma, Schizostephanus), M. Thulin (Acokanthera, Adenium, Ancylobotrys, Carissa, Catharanthus, Cryptostegia, Ephippiocarpa, Hunteria, Landolphia, Nerium, Plumeria, Saba, Strophanthus, Tabernaemontana, Thevetia, Wrightia), and J. Venter (Buckollia, Cryptolepis, Periploca, Raphionacme, Schlechterella, Tacazzea). [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
THEVETIA peruviana (Pers.) K. Schum. [family APOCYNACEAE], (1895);
Cerbera peruviana Pers. [family APOCYNACEAE], (1805). Fig. 84. [type as above]
Cerbera thevetia L. [family APOCYNACEAE], (1753);
Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold [family APOCYNACEAE], (1980). [type as above]
Information
Shrub or small tree. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 5–15 x 0.5–1 cm, subsessile. Calyx-lobes c. 8 mm long. Corolla yellow; tube 10–35 mm long; lobes obovate, c. 30 x 15 mm. Stamens included. Drupe c. 2 x 3.5 cm. Seeds 2(–4), c. 1 cm long.
Range
Cultivated as an ornamental, for example in S2 and N3.
Distribution
SOMALIA Lanza 11; Moggi & Bavazzano 477/1026; Sacco, Sappa & Ariello 168.
Notes
Yellow oleander (Eng.).Lippold in Feddes Repert. 91: 45–55 (1980) restricted Thevetia to a single species and placed the seven remaining species, including the one above, in the genus Cascabela Raf. However, the traditional circumscription of Thevetia is adopted here.

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