Oleander
Nerium oleander
Deadly poisonous — never eat any part of it.
If someone has eaten it, call emergency services or your poison control centre.
Dangerous to: cattle, sheep, goats, horses, dogs, cats
If an animal has eaten this, call your vet.
About
Nerium oleander, commonly known as oleander, rose laurel, be-still tree or rosebay, is a shrub or small tree cultivated worldwide in temperate and subtropical areas as an ornamental and landscaping plant. It is the only species currently classified in the genus Nerium, belonging to subfamily Apocynoideae of the dogbane family Apocynaceae. It is so widely cultivated that no precise region of origin has been identified, though it is usually associated with the Mediterranean Basin.
- Family
- Apocynaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Nerium oleander
- Slug
- nerium-oleander
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Nerium
- Species
- oleander
- Wikidata QID
- Q155833
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 5
- Data completeness
- 43
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