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