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Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold

Lucky-nut; Milk tree

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Gelber Oleander
English Lucky-nut; Milk tree
Français Gelber Oleander
Italiano Gelber Oleander
Suomi Gelber Oleander
Norsk Gelber Oleander
Čeština Gelber Oleander
Español Adelfa amarilla; Caballón
Svenska Gelber Oleander
Polski Gelber Oleander
Український Gelber Oleander
Român Gelber Oleander
Русский Gelber Oleander
Български Gelber Oleander
EESTI Gelber Oleander
日本語 Gelber Oleander
Other names Cabalonga

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories Costa Rica [I]; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua [I]; Panama; French Guiana; Guyana; Surinam; Colombia (Antioquia, Bolívar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Nariño, Putumayo, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Valle); Ecuador; Peru; Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Bolívar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Lara, Merida, Monagas, Nueva Esparta); N-Brazil (Roraima, Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); Paraguay (Amambay, Central, Cordillera); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatán); Costa Rica; Peru; Nicaragua; Belize; Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz); Panama; Bahamas [I]; Cayman Isl. [I]; Cuba [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Jamaica [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (St. Croix [I], St. John [I], St. Thomas [I], Tortola [I], Virgin Gorda [I]); Antigua [I]; Barbados [I]; Grenada [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Martinique [I]; Montserrat [I]; Saba [I]; St. Barthélémy [I]; St. Kitts [I]; St. Lucia [I]; St. Vincent [I]; Tobago [I]; Trinidad [I]; Isla Margarita [I]; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; China [I] (Fujian [I], Guangdong [I], Guangxi [I], Hainan [I], Yunnan [I]); Taiwan [I]; Fiji [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Marquesas Isl. [I] (Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Huka [I], Ua Pou [I], Hiva Oa [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Raiatea [I]); Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Marshall Isl. [I] (Kwajalein [I]); Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Ulithi [I], Truk [I], Moen [I], Pohnpei [I]); Niue [I]; Palau [I] (Koror [I]); Northern Marianas [I] (Agrihan [I], Pagan [I], Saipan [I], Tinian [I], Rota [I]); Guam [I]; Tonga [I]; American Samoa [I] (Tutuila [I]); Cape Verde Isl. [I] (Fogo Isl. [I]); Hawaii [I] (Midway Isl. [I], Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Maui [I]); Andaman Isl. [I]; Nicobar Isl. [I]; New Guinea [c]; Thailand [I]; Myanmar [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Bhutan [I]; Cambodia [I]; India [I]; Nepal [I]; Laos [I]; Pakistan [I]; Vietnam [I]; USA [I] (Florida [I]); Australia [I] (Queensland [I], New South Wales [I]); Java [I]; Maldives [I]; Canary Isl. [I] (Gran Canaria [I]); Cameroon [I]; Mozambique [I]; Chad [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Benin [I]; Guinea [I]; São Tomé [I]; Mozambique Channel Isl. [Iles Éparses] [c] (Juan de Nova Isl. [c])
[I] = Introduced
[c] = Commercially cultivated

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Gentianales
Family Apocynaceae
Genus Cascabela
Species thevetia
Author citation (L.) Lippold
Scientific name Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Bark

Lucky-nut;  Milk tree

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Lucky-nut;  Milk tree

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Lucky-nut;  Milk tree

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

Flowers

Lucky-nut;  Milk tree

, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson