Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K. Schum.

Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K. Schum.

APOCYNACEAE

- Dogbane family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K. Schum.

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Common names

U.S. name: Luckynut

English name: be-still-tree

English name: luckynut

Spanish name: chirca

French name: oléandre jaune

German name: Thevetie

Grown habit: Tree, Shrub
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippoid
= Cerbera thevetia L.
= Thevetia neriifolia Juss. ex Steud.

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Thevetia
Species:

Page counter: 3113 ( AVG: 223.68 / 293.069 )

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Thevetia peruviana
Habit at Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Thevetia peruviana
Leaves and flowers at Ave Maria Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Thevetia peruviana
Flowers at Kanaha Beach, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Thevetia peruviana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Thevetia peruviana
Leaves and flowers at Waihee, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Thevetia peruviana
Flowers at Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Thevetia peruviana
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari

Thevetia peruviana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Forio, Fondazione William Walton e La Mortella, NA, Campania, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Thevetia peruviana
Leaves and flowers with Laysan albatross at Ave Maria Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Thevetia peruviana
Flower at Kanaha Beach, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Thevetia peruviana
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari

Thevetia peruviana
Fruit at Kihei, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Thevetia peruviana
Flower at Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Thevetia peruviana
Planted by pump station at Kanaha Beach, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Thevetia peruviana
Habit with Laysan albatross at Enlisted Woods Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Thevetia peruviana
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari

Thevetia peruviana
Habit with Forest collecting ants at Kanaha Beach, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Thevetia peruviana
Flower fruit and leaves at Kihei, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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- The New Plantfinder - Images and local names of vascular plants - Project Dryades / KeyToNature, coordinated by the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
- Lichens - Interactive identification keys to the lichens
- Acta Plantarum - Forum and Image Gallery (Plants, Animals, Mushrooms)

Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (FL, HI), USA+ (PR, VI)

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Map for Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K. Schum.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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