Tree Details

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Botanical Name	Thevetia peruviana K. Schum
Family Name	Apocynaceae
Common Name	Mexican Oleander, Yellow Oleander, Lucky Nut, Pilikaren
Tamil Name	பொன்னரளி, பச்சரலி
Life Form	Tree
Distribution	Indroda Park, Van Chetana Kendra, Aranya Van
Botanical Distribution	Habit: A small tree with milky juice. Leaves: Numerous, alternate, close together, linear, acute. Flowers: Yellow, fragrant.Calyx lobes 5, acute, imbricate. Corolla campanulate, segments 5, twisted imbricate. Stamens 5, in the throat of the corollatube, filaments hairy at base, anthers ovate. Disk angular, annular, thick. Carpels 2, connate, superior, style filiform, stigma big, capitate. Fruit: A fleshy drupe, 4 angled, compressed with 2 ridges, seeds 2 to 4.
Flowering and Fruiting	Throughout the year.
Key Compounds	Thevetin A, Thevetin B, Nerifolin, oleandrin
Medicinal Use	The whole plant is poisonous.
At the Campus	Backside of the Physical Education