Nerium oleander L.

Common Name: Oleander, Rose Laurel
Family: Apocynaceae Juss.

Country of Origin: broad area Morocco to southern China
Habitat: typically grows around dry stream beds

Description: It is native to a broad area from Morocco and Portugal eastward through the Mediterranean region and southern Asia to Yunnan in southern parts of China.

USDA Zone: 8-10

Accession Data:

Accession # 200500118
Source: Dave Wagner
Accession Date: 12-06-2005
Bench: 2102 - MED:Mediterranean B
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 01-08-2025
Restrictions:
- Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption

Classification:

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
SubClass: euasterid I
Order: Gentianales
SubOrder:
Family: Apocynaceae
SubFamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Nerieae
SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

Year	Jan				Feb				Mar					Apr				May				Jun					Jul				Aug				Sep					Oct				Nov				Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007

References (internal):

EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Baleares / Corse / France / Portugal / Sardegna / Spain / Albania / Greece / Italy / Sicilia / Turkey-in-Europe / Yugoslavia / Algeria / Libya / Morocco / Tunisia / Niger / Afghanistan / Cyprus / East Aegean Is. / Iran / Iraq / Lebanon-Syria / Palestine / Turkey / Gulf States / Oman / India / Nepal / Pakistan / West Himalaya / Myanmar /

References (external):

Nerium at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Thursday, August 31, 2017.
The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, August 31, 2017.
WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, August 31, 2017.
Nerium oleander at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Thursday, August 31, 2017.

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