Nerium oleander

• Botanical Name : Nerium oleander L.
• Synonyms : Nerium indicum Mill
• Common Name : The Oleander, Kanher, Lal Karen
• Plant Family : Apocynaceae
• Plant Form : Shrub
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 1, 2, 4-6, 10, 15, 17, 22, 26-30
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park, Ayurvedic Udyan, Sarita Udyan, Van Chetana Kendra, Infocity, Aranya Van

About Nerium oleander Plant :

• Habit : A small shrub with milky juice present.
• Leaves : Verticillate in 3 or 2 opposite, linear- lanceolate, narrow at both ends.
• Inflorescence : Terminal panicles of cymes.
• Flowers :
  • Pink, red or white, single or double, fragrant, bracteate.
  • Bracts small, calyx divided to the base, lobes 5, linear, acute.
  • Corolla campanulate, petals 5, rounded, overlapping, corona of 5 scales present in the throat of the corolla, each scale divides into 2-7 free segments.
  • Stamens 5, included filaments short, anthers connivent into a cone and adherent to the stigma, connective produced into a feathery appendage.
  • Carpels 2, distinct, style long, stigma dumb-bell shaped.
• Fruit : A pair of follicles, seeds many, comose.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : All the year round.
• Significance :
  • Commonly grown in the gardens everywhere.
  • The whole plant is extremely poisonous.