Cascabela is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, native to Mexico, Central America, and South America. Species * Cascabela gaumeri (Hemsl.) Lippold - Veracruz, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica * Cascabela ovata (Cav.) Lippold - Central America, much of Mexico * Cascabela pinifolia (Standl. & Steyerm.) L.O.Alvarado & Ochot.-Booth - C + S Mexico * Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold - Latin America from N Mexico to NE Argentina * Cascabela thevetioides (Kunth) Lippold - Mexico