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Fy: Apocyanaceae Syn:Thevetia peruviana (Pers)Merr; Syn: Cascabela thevetia (L)Lippold Distribution:Planted as a hedgeplant or as an ornamental plant.Native of Tropical America and naturalised in Tropics. 

The flowers are used for pooja in Lord Shiva's temples.

Description: 3-5mts tall small trees. Leaves4.5-12x0.5-1.2cm linear- lanceolate, acute,base cuneate,sessile or subsessile, coriaceous. Flowers 3-4cm long,2-3cm across,bright yellow or orrange yellow or white in few flowered cymes.Calyx lobes 5, glandular within, corolla showy,5 funnel-shaped, overlapping to left,Stamens 5, inserted in the corolla tube, sagittate, free,Ovary 2 distinct partially united carpels. Styles are united, stigma entire. Fruit angular fleshy drupe.

The seed is poisonous but if used in small amounts it is cardiac.
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Author Lalithamba from India

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by lalithamba at https://www.flickr.com/photos/45835639@N04/4327543437. It was reviewed on 18 May 2013 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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