Thevetia ahouai
Thevetia ahouai
Safety & Hazards
All parts of the plant are poisonous[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The poisonous seeds are sometimes used to stupefy fish[ 526 Title An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences. Publication Author Gould G.M. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher P. Blakiston's Son & Co.; Philadelphia. Year 1907 ISBN Description A major work at the time, though very dated now. Contains quite a lot of information about medicinal plant uses. ].
Botanical Description
Thevetia ahouai is usually an evergreen shrub growing 1 - 3 metres tall, though sometimes it becomes a small tree[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ]. The tree is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as a medicine.