Apocynaceae

Thevetia ahouai A.DC.

Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Thevetia

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Thevetia ahouai: Unidentified fruit, Tehuantepec, Mexico — Photo: Wicki, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)

Chinese: 阔叶竹桃, 阔叶夹竹桃

Synonyms

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.

Photos

Photo: Wicki, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Hunda, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.