Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold.
| Synonym : | Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K.Schum. Cascabela peruviana (Pers.) Raf. Cerbera thevetia L. Thevetia linearis A. DC. Thevetia neriifolia Juss. ex A.DC. |
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| Bangla Name : | Kalkephul, Halde Korobi, Kanai, Kokilphul. |
| English Name : | Lucky Nut Tree, Yellow Oleander. |
| Family : | Apocynaceae |
| Disease : | cardiac tonic,cardiac stimulant,cathartic, febrifuge, emetic, fevers,purgative and abortifacient. |
| Description : | A large, evergreen shrub or small tree, 4.5-6 m high. Leaves 7.5-15.0 cm long, linear, narrowed at both ends, spirally arranged. Flowers about 5 cm across, in few-flowered terminal cymes, corolla yellow, fragrant, funnel-shaped, 5 cm long. Fruit broadly obovate in longitudinal section, 3.2 cm long, somewhat longitudinally constricted, mesocarp bony. |
| Distribution : | Cultivated throughout the country as an ornamental plant. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Plant contains milky latex and a number of cardioactive glycosides. Seed kernel contains a phytosterolin and the glucosides, ahouain, kokilphin, thevetin, neriifolin, acetylneriifolin, thevefolin, theveneriin, cerebrin, peruvoside and ruvoside and a fatty |
| Uses : | All parts of the plant are poisonous. Milky juice of the plant is also highly poisonous. Barks and seeds are cardiac tonic and strong cardiac stimulant. Bark is cathartic, powerful febrifuge and emetic, useful in various kinds of intermittent fevers. Leav |
| Habit : | small tree |