What plant is the Thevetia genus? Let's get to know it
Latin scientific name: Thevetia L. English name: Thevetia Introduction: Shrubs or small trees; with milky sap. Leaves alternate, pinnate veins. Cymes. Flowers large; calyx deeply 5-parted, lobes with glands at the base inside; corolla funnel-shaped, corolla tube short, lower part cylindrical, throat with 5 hairy scales, corolla lobes broad; stamens 5, borne at the throat of the corolla tube, anthers separate from the stigma; no disc; ovary 2-locular, each locule with 2 ovules. Drupe, hard. About 15 species, distributed in tropical America and
Latin scientific name: Thevetia L.
English name: Thevetia
Introduction:
Shrubs or small trees; with milky sap. Leaves alternate, pinnate veins. Cymes. Flowers large; calyx deeply 5-parted, lobes with glands at the base inside; corolla funnel-shaped, corolla tube short, lower part cylindrical, throat with 5 hairy scales, corolla lobes broad; stamens 5, borne at the throat of the corolla tube, anthers separate from the stigma; no disc; ovary 2-locular, each locule with 2 ovules. Drupe, hard.
About 15 species, distributed in tropical America and tropical Africa, cultivated in both tropical and subtropical regions. China has introduced 2 species and 1 variety.