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Nerium oleander
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Family:
APOCYNACEAE
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Citation: Nerium oleander L., Sp. Pl. 209. 1753; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 315. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 436. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 526. 2009.
Nerium indicum Mill., Gard. Dict. (ed. 8) 2. 1786; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 164. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 255. 1984.
Nerium odorum Soland. in Ait., Hort. Kew (ed. 1) 1: 297. 1789; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 655. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 821(577). 1923; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 295. 1994.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Arali, Chuvanna-arali, Kanaveeram, Suprasam, Velutha-alari
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Oleander, Commun oleander, Indian oleander, Rose bay
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Description:
An erect evergreen shrub, branches glabrous with milky juice, young branches green. Leaves 10-15 x 1-2 cm, linear-lanceolate, tapering at both ends, acuminate, thick coriaceous, midrib prominent, nerves numerous; petiole 5-7.5 mm long. Flowers white, pink or dark red, single or double in cultivated, form, fragrant 3-4 cm across, peduncle and pedicel hairy, bracts small, 5-7.5 mm long. Calyx c. 6.25 mm long, divided into 5 linear, acute lobes, hairy with gland at the base inside. Corolla tube 1.8 cm long, hairy within, throat narrow, ending in five twisted petals, tips rounded, corona of 5 scales near the throat of the corolla, cleft into 4-7 linear segments. Stamen included, filament short, Anthers connivent and adherent to stigma, connectives hairy, produced upward into long thread-like hairy appendages. Ovary with two distinct carpels, style filiform, thickened upward; stigma two lobed. Fruit 12-20 cm x 7:5 mm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-May
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental plant
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Distribution:
From Mediterranean through Persia, Afghanistan to West Himalayas, cultivated elsewhere
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink, Rose, White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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