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Be-still tree
Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Dogbane family

Be-still tree

Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBe-still tree
DutchPeruaanse rinkelboom
SpanishÁrbol de ayoyote
Chinese黄花夹竹桃
Scientific nameCascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold

About this species

Cascabela thevetia (syn. Thevetia peruviana) is a species of poisonous plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, native throughout Mexico and Central America and cultivated widely as an ornamental. It is a relative of Nerium oleander and thus is known by the common name yellow oleander.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderGentianales
FamilyApocynaceae
GenusCascabela

In Suriname

16Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
1907First record
2018Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para1
  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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