Steinmetz:Thevetia
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Thevetia neriifolia
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- English Names
- Exile Oleander
- Yellow Oleander
- Good luck bean
- Lucky nut tree
- Natural Habitat
- South America
- West Indies
- cultivated in India and Indonesia
- Part(s) Used
- Semen Thevetiae neriifoliae
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- Constituent(s)
- oil: thevetin
- theverisin; bark: thevetin
- Action
- seed: cardiac
- antiperiodic
- emetic
- abortifacient
- purgative
- in large doses an acrid poison. The oil is employed in skin diseases
- Bark: antipyretic
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