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Apocynaceae

Yellow oleander

Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold

Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Cascabela

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Yellow oleander (Cascabela thevetia)
FlowerPhoto: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (36)
Arabic
دفلى أصفر, ثفيتيا
Assamese
কৰবী ফুল
ban
Pelet sedangan
Bangla
কলকে ফুল
Burmese
ဆယ့်နှစ်ရာသီပင်, ဆဲ့နှစ်ရာသီပင်
Cantonese
黃花夾竹桃
Chinese
黃花夾竹桃, 黄花夹竹桃, 柳木子, 石山崖爬藤, 酒杯花, 黄花夹竹桃叶, 黄花状元竹, 红酒杯花
Dutch
Peruaanse rinkelboom, Gele oleander
English
Yellow oleander, Luckynut
French
Thévétia du Pérou, Ahouaï
frr
Güül Oleander
German
Schellenbaum
Hebrew
תבטיה הרדופית
Hindi
कनेर
Indonesian
Ginje
Italian
Oleandro giallo
Japanese
キバナキョウチクトウ属
Javanese
Woh macan
Kannada
ಕಾಡು ಕಣಿಗಿಲೆ
lah
پیلا کنیر
Maithili
झाड़ कनैल
Malay
Jepun, Pokok jepun, Bunga jepun
Malayalam
മഞ്ഞരളി, Yellow Oleander
Nepali
पहेँलो करवीर
Odia
କନିଅର
Polish
Tewecja peruwiańska
Punjabi
ਪੀਲੀ ਕਨੇਰ
Sindhi
زنگي
Sundanese
Ki hujan
Swedish
Tevetia, Tevetiasläktet, Cascabela, Plumeriopsis, Tevetior
tcy
ಕರವೀರ
Telugu
పచ్చ గన్నేరు
Thai
รำเพย
Tongan
Pua kalipea
Urdu
كسكابیلا تھاوٹیا
Vietnamese
Thông thiên

Synonyms

  • Ahouai thevetia (L.) M.Gómez
  • Cascabela peruviana (Pers.) Raf.
  • Cerbera linearifolia Stokes
  • Cerbera peruviana Pers.
  • Cerbera thevetia L.
  • Thevetia linearis Raf.
  • Thevetia linearis Raf.
  • Thevetia longifolia Vahl
  • Thevetia neriifolia Juss. ex A.DC.
  • Thevetia neriifolia Juss. ex Steud.
  • Thevetia neriifolia var. hirsuta Müll.Arg.
  • Thevetia neriifolia var. leucantha Müll.Arg.
  • Thevetia neriifolia var. pubescens Müll.Arg.
  • Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K.Schum.
  • Thevetia peruviana f. aurantiaca H.St.John
  • Thevetia thevetia H.Karst.

Flowers

In flower
all year (from 460 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.