Cascabela ovata (Cav.) H. Lippold

Thevetia ovata (Cav.) A. DC. in DC. Prodr. 8: 344. 1844
Cerbera ovata Cav. Ic. 3: 35. 1796.
Cerhera cuneifolia H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 3: 224. 1819.
Thevetia cuneifolia A. DC. in DC. Prodr. 8: 344. 1844.
Shrub or small tree, 3-5 m. tall; leaves firmly membranaceous, obovate to broadly oblongoblanceolate, 6-11 cm. long, 1-3.5 cm. broad, rounded to broadly obtuse or very shortly and abruptly acuminate, acutely cuneate at the base, glabrous or essentially so above, densely and finely puberulent beneath, the secondary veins very prominent on both sides, anastomosing into a conspicuous marginal vein, the petioles 5-10 mm. long; inflorescence bearing relatively few showy, orange or pinkish-yellow flowers; calyx-lobes ovate, acuminate, 8-12 mm. long, reflexed, minutely puberulent; corolla infundibuliform, glabrous or merely somewhat papillate externally, the tube proper 15-20 mm, long, about 3 mm. in diameter at the base, gradually narrowed toward the insertion of the stamens, the throat campanulate, 12-15 mm. long, 1015 mm. in diameter at the orifice, the lobes obovate-dolabriform, 25-35 mm. long, spreading; drupes 4.5-5 cm. broad.
Type locality: Mexico.
Distribution: Nayarit and Jalisco; Oaxaca; Guatemala.