Taxon: Nerium oleander L.

• the 11 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• oleander   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• rose bay   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• rose-laurel   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – English
  
• selonsroos   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• haban   (Source: L Oman ) – Transliterated Arabic
  
• laurier rose   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• oleandre   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Oleander   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• kyōchiku-tō   (Source: F JapanOhwi [as N. indicum]) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• espirradeira   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• oleandro   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• adelfa   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• balandre   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• laurel rosa   (Source: B. León, p.c.) – Spanish
  
• pascua   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• nerium   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Krussmann)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2; Wealth India RM, as N. oleander & N. indica; Healing Pl India, as N. indica)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury, as N. oleander & N. indicum; Kellerman et al.; Lampe & McCann; Cooper & Johnson ed2)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Nerium oleander from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
  West Tropical Africa: Niger
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Oman; United Arab Emirates
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Cyprus; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  China: China - Yunnan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India - Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab; Nepal; Pakistan
• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Croatia; Greece [incl. Crete & e. Aegean Islands]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Malta
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• widely naturalized

• also cultivated

• exact native range obscure

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Berhaut, J. 1971–. Flore illustrée du Senegal.
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. [poisonous].
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Ghazanfar, S. A. 1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989–. Flora of Ethiopia. (and Eritrea. 2000)
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. [poisonous].
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. [poisonous].
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• León, B. 1996. pers. comm. [re. Spanish common names].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Liogier, A. H. 1981–. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
• Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980-
• Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). [= N. indicum].
• Pagen, F. J. J. 1987. Oleanders: Nerium L. and the oleander cultivars. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 87–2:1–113.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
• Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970–. Flora of Thailand.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Nerium oleander.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Nerium oleander.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Nerium oleander.

Synonyms:

• (=) Nerium indicum Mill.
  
• (=) Nerium odorum Aiton
  

Check other web resources for Nerium oleander L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• ABRS: Australian Biological Resources Study Flora of Australia online
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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