Cascabela

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Hatnote|For the rattlesnake species see Crotalus durissus; for the municipality in Colombia, see Aguachica}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Cascabela thevetia1MTFL.jpg

|image_caption = Cascabela thevetia

|taxon = Cascabela

|authority = Raf.

|type_species=Cascabela peruviana
(syn of C. thevetia)

|type_species_authority=(Pers.) Raf.

}}

Cascabela is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and South America.{{cite web |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=34830 |title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cascabela

|accessdate=May 18, 2014}}Alvarado-Cárdenas, L.O. & Ocheterena, H. (2007). A phylogenetic analysis of the Cascabelia-Thevetia species complex (Plumerieae, Apocynaceae) based on morphology. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94: 298-323.