Scientific
name: Cascabela thevetia
Family:
Apocynaceae
Common names: Kaner, Karber,
Peeli kaner, Indian
oleander, Yellow oleander
Cascabela thevetia is a shrub, grows upto 4 m
tall. Leaves alternate linear lanceolate. Flowers large, bright-yellowish, in
terminal cyme. Fruit drupe, broadly terbinate, seeds are few and flattened.
Cultivated in gardens, flowering and fruiting occurs throughout year.
Medicinal Uses:
A tincture of bark is a bitter cathartic or emetic, it is also used as febrifuge. In large doses, it is poisonous. The roots are made into a plaster which is applied to tumours. The seeds are abortifacient and as purgative in rheumatism and dropsy.
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| Cascabela thevetia Plant |
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| Cascabela thevetia Flower |
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