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Nerium oleander L.wfo-0000251577

Sp. Pl. 1: 209. 1753; Tsiang & P.T.Li, Fl. Reip. Pop. Sin. 63: 149. 1977; Lý, Fedd. Rep. 97: 631. 1986; Pagen, Agric. Uni. Wag. Pap. 87–2: 7. 1987; Li et al., Fl. China 16: 173. 1995. Fig. 26.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Shrub or small tree to 6m. Branchlets puberulent or glabrous. Leaves: petiole short; blade coriaceous, narrowly elliptic, 5–21 x 1–3.5 cm, apex acute or acuminate, base cuneate; veins straight and obscure; puberulent or glabrous. Corolla white, pink, red or yellow, showy; tube 12–22 mm long; lobes 13–30 mm long, rounded. Stamens with anthers 4–6 x 1.2–1.7 mm without appendages, appendages 7–9 mm long; filaments and outside of anthers pubescent. Ovary 1.5–2 mm long; style + pistil head 7.5–13 mm long. Fruit 7.5–17.5 cm long, 1–1.3 cm wide. Seeds 4–7 x 1.5–2 x 1 mm; coma 9–12 mm long.

Thailand : Cultivated.

Distribution : Native to Southern Europe, N Africa and SW Asia.

Vernacular : Yitho (ยี่โถ), yitho farang (ยี่โถฝรั่ง)(Central).

Uses: It has a very wide range of internal and external medicinal uses as well as its well known horticultural uses.