Nerium oleander: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Nerium
- Species
- Nerium oleander
- Scientific Name
- Nerium oleander
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Nerium
Nerium oleander ( NEER-ee-əm), commonly known as oleander 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.
Nerium grows to 2–6 metres (7–20 feet) tall. It is most commonly grown in its natural shrub form, but can be trained into a small tree with a single trunk. It is tolerant to both drought and inundation, but not to prolonged frost. White, pink or red five-lobed flowers grow in clusters year-round, peaking during the summer. The fruit is a long narrow pair of follicles, which splits open at maturity to release numerous downy seeds.
Nerium is a poisonous plant but its bitterness renders it unpalatable to humans and most animals, so poisoning cases are rare and the general risk for human mortality is low. Ingestion of larger amounts may cause nausea, vomiting, excess salivation, abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea and irregular heart rhythm. Prolonged contact with sap may cause skin irritation, eye inflammation and dermatitis.
...Nerium oleander in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Selonsroos
- Afrikaans
- Ceylonroos
- Afrikaans
- Ceylonsroos
- Arabic
- دفلى زيتية
- Arabic
- دفلى شائعة
- Basque
- Heriotzorri
- Catalan
- baladre
- Chinese
- 夾竹桃
- Croatian
- Oleandar
- Czech
- oleandr obecný
- Danish
- Oleander
- Dutch
- Oleander
- English
- common oleander
- English
- oleander
- English
- Ceylone Rose
- English
- Ceylonrose
- English
- Ceylons Rose
- English
- Ceylonsrose
- English
- Dog-Bane
- English
- Double Oleander
- English
- Laurier Rose
- English
- Rose Bay
- English
- Rose Laurel
- English
- Sweet-Scented Oleander
- Estonian
- harilik oleander
- Finnish
- oleanteri
- French
- Laurier rose
- Galician
- Loendro
- German
- Oleander
- Hebrew
- הרדוף הנחלים
- Hungarian
- Leander (növényfaj)
- Hungarian
- leander
- Indonesian
- Bunga jepun
- Indonesian
- Jure
- Indonesian
- Bunga Mentega
- Italian
- oleandro
- Japanese
- 夾竹桃
- Japanese
- キョウチクトウ
- Japanese
- セイヨウキョウチクトウ
- Korean
- 협죽도
- Modern Greek
- Πικροδάφνη
- Polish
- Oleander pospolity
- Portuguese
- loendro
- Russian
- Олеандр обыкновенный
- Sinhala
- කනේරු
- Slovak
- oleander obyčajný
- Slovene
- Navadni oleander
- Swedish
- oleander
- Thai
- ยี่โถ
- Turkish
- Zakkum
- Vietnamese
- Trúc đào
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