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Genus Nerium



Genus Nerium. Species Oleander




UNDER SIDE
OLEANDER
Underside Oleander
2007.08.04

BBALLBLU.GIF Native: Indies
(Later to Portugal, Mediterranean region and southern Asia.)

BBALLBLU.GIF The leaves are in pairs or whorls of three, thick and leathery
BBALLBLU.GIF Flowers are either white, pink, or red.





HEALTHINSECT.gif, 35 kB BBALLBLU.GIF Oleander possesses insecticides.
Rosagenin (a very bitter alkaloid) is found in all parts of Oleander
Rosagenin kills insects and mammals.




HEALTHLUNGS64.gif, 13 kB Mammals: asphyxia due to muscular convulsions (diaphram)



HEALTHHEART64.gif, 31 kB HGRNDEATH.gif, 84 kB BBALLBLU.GIF Mammalian Toxin: Oleandrin, and Neriine
(even in dried leaves)
Produces diarrhea;
Cardiac reactions: irregular heart rate, racing or slow. Extremities may become pale and cold. Drowsiness, tremors, seizures, and coma.
If the plant is threatened, Olea (oil) will uss from the trunk.


OLEANDER
Seed pod Oleander
2007.08.04



TRIPLE.JPG
OLEANDER
2007.08.24
TRIPLE Leaving
RED Flower variety


OleanSeeds2010Jan04.JPG, 24 kB
OLEANDER
Seed pod Oleander
2010.01.04
OLEANDER
Seed pod Oleander
2010.01.04


RULERYEL BANAST15.gif Species Oleander is the only species currently classified in the genus Nerium.



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