Thevetia peruviana

Cascabela thevetia
Flowers and leaves.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Cascabela
Species:	C. peruviana
Binomial name
Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold
Synonyms
Cascabela peruviana (Pers.) Raf. Cerbera linearifolia Stokes Cerbera peruviana Pers. Cerbera thevetia L. Thevetia linearis Raf. Thevetia linearis A. DC. Thevetia neriifolia Juss. ex A.DC. Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K.Schum. Thevetia thevetia (L.) H.Karst. nom. inval.

Cascabela thevetia (syn: Thevetia peruviana) is a poisonous plant native throughout Mexico and in Central America, and cultivated widely as an ornamental. It is a relative of Nerium oleander, giving it a common name yellow oleander, and is also called lucky nut in the West Indies.