Thevetia ahouai

Thevetia ahouai is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Colombia, and Venezuela, and introduced to southeastern China.^[3] An evergreen shrub or small tree of forests reaching 3 m (10 ft), it is used as a street tree in Nicaragua and Colombia.^[4][1]

Thevetia ahouai
Flower
Fruit are poisonous[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Thevetia
Species:	T. ahouai
Binomial name
Thevetia ahouai (L.) Vahl
Synonyms[3]
List Ahouai nitida (Kunth) Pichon Cerbera ahouai L. Cerbera nitida Kunth Plumeriopsis ahouai (L.) Rusby & Woodson Thevetia ahuai Raf. Thevetia calophylla Miers Thevetia nitida (Kunth) A.DC.