**7.3** *Cascabela thevetia* **L. (Kaner)**

*C. thevetia* is a little evergreen plant or bush or little tree. It is a decorative plant and local to tropical America and broadly developed in numerous jungles and sub jungles. All pieces of the plant are viewed as exceptionally poisonous and have cardiovascular glycosides. However in certain investigations they showed antimicrobial exercises. Family Cascabela displays the presence of constituents like terpenoids, cardenolides, polysaccharides, glycosides and alkaloids. Despite their harmfulness, the plant is researched to have numerous remedial uses, in various parts. In India, seed oil is applied remotely to treat skin contaminations.
