Thevetia peruviana, Be -Still Tree
This tall shrub or small tree from Mexico and the West Indies has sweetly fragrant satiny yellow flowers with a perfume reminiscent of a tea rose.That may be the only good thing to say about this shrub as the the large heart shaped "fruit" which follow the flowers are extremely poisonous and are a "popular" method of committing suicide by the poor farmers of southern India as told in the recent German produced television documentary India Reborn.
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