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4 October 2022

Nerium oleander (oleander)

Publication: PlantwisePlus Knowledge Bank

https://doi.org/10.1079/pwkb.species.36220

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name: Nerium oleander L.
Preferred Common Name: oleander
Other Scientific Names: Nerion oleandrum St.-Lag.; Nerium carneum Dum.Cours.; Nerium flavescens Spin; Nerium floridum Salisb.; Nerium grandiflorum Desf.; Nerium indica; Nerium indicum Mill.; Nerium japonicum Gentil; Nerium kotschyi Boiss.; Nerium latifolium Mill.; Nerium lauriforme Lam.; Nerium mascatense A.DC.; Nerium odoratissimum Wender.; Nerium odoratum Lam.; Nerium odorum Aiton; Nerium splendens Paxton; Nerium thyrsiflorum Paxton; Nerium verecundum Salisb.; Oleander indica (Mill.) Medik.; Oleander vulgaris Medik.
International Common Names: English
common oleander
French willow
pride of Ceylon
rose laurel
rosebay
south sea rose
sweet oleander
Turner’s carnival oleander
Turner’s shari-d oleander
Turner’s tickled pink oleander; Spanish
balandre
laurel en flor
laurel rosa
nerium
pascua; French
laurier rose
oleandre; Arabic
haban; Portuguese
sevadilha; German
Echter Oleander
Lorbeerrosen
Local Common Names: American Samoa
oliana; Brazil
espirradeira
oleandro; China
jia zhu tao; Cook Islands
tālona
tārona
tiare tālona; Cuba
adelfa
adelfa sangre de toro
adelfa varadero
rosa francesa; Dominican Republic
flor del Perú
martinica
perulí
rosa del Perú; Ecuador
laurel
laurel de jardín; Fiji
rusi
vasa; French Polynesia
tarona
tarona uouo; Germany
Duftender Oleander; Guam
rosa laurel; Haiti
laurier
laurier blanc
laurier des jardines
laurier rose
laurier tropical; Italy
oleandrio
oleandro; Japan
kyōchiku-tō; Kiribati
te orian
te orion; Marshall Islands
oliaanta
olianta; Mexico
flor de rosa
narciso
rosa clavel; Micronesia
wiliancher; Netherlands Antilles
franse bloem; New Zealand
oliana; Niue
talona; Pakistan
ganira
kunair; Pitcairn Island
holiandah; Portugal
adelpho
aloendro
cevadilla
eloendro; Puerto Rico
alelí
alelí extranjero
bastarda
laurel rosado
loendreira
loendro
loueiro-rosa
nerio
oloendro
savadilla
sevadilha
sevadilla; South Africa
selonsroos; Spain
abelfa
aberfe
adelfes
aderfa
aelfa
baladra
baladre
baladro
berfa
biva
delfa
diva
edelfa
laurel rosa
llorer real
llorer reial
llorer rosa
narciso
rosa de berberia
rosalaurel
roser reial
saner
valadre
veratre
yerba mala; Tonga
lolie; Turkey
zekkum a; USA
‘oleana
‘oliana
‘oliwa
rose-bay
EPPO code: NEROD (Nerium odorum)
EPPO code: NEROL (Nerium oleander)

Pictures

Flowers and seedpods
Nerium oleander (oleander); Flowers and seedpods. Spreckelsville, Maui, Hawaii. January 2007.
©Forest and Kim Starr/via Starr Environmental - CC BY 4.0

Flowering habit
Nerium oleander (oleander); Flowering habit. June 2018.
©Fastily/Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 4.0

Flowers
Nerium oleander (oleander); Flowers. Balcalı, Adana, Turkey. May 2016.
©Zeynel Cebeci (Zcebeci)/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 3.0

Pods and seeds
Nerium oleander (oleander); Pods and seeds. KiHana Nursery, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii. February 2011.
©Forest and Kim Starr/via Starr Environmental - CC BY 4.0

Flowering habit
Nerium oleander (oleander); Flowering habit. Kesmeburun, Osmaniye, Turkey. June 2020.
©Zeynel Cebeci/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 4.0

Flowering habit
Nerium oleander (oleander); Flowering habit. Karataş, Adana, Turkey. June 2020.
©Zeynel Cebeci/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 4.0

Flowering habit
Nerium oleander (oleander); Flowering habit. Balcalı, Sarıçam - Adana, Turkey. June 2020.
©Zeynel Cebeci/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 4.0

Burst seed pod
Nerium oleander (oleander); Burst seed pod. Coín, Spain. December 2011.
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Seeds
Nerium oleander (oleander); Seeds. Whale Beach, New South Wales, Australia. August 2012.
©Margaret Donald/via Flickr - CC BY-SA 2.0

Leaves, flowers and seedpods
Nerium oleander (oleander); Leaves, flowers and seedpods. Spreckelsville, Maui, Hawaii. January 2007.
©Forest and Kim Starr/via Starr Environmental - CC BY 4.0

Leaves
Nerium oleander (oleander); Leaves. Kahului, Maui, Hawaii. January 2008.
©Forest and Kim Starr/via Starr Environmental - CC BY 4.0

Foliage
Nerium oleander (oleander); Foliage. June 2018.
©Fastily/Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 4.0

Foliage
Nerium oleander (oleander); Foliage. August 2009.
©Dalgial/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 3.0

Leaf detail
Nerium oleander (oleander); Leaf detail. April 2011.
©Joaquim Alves Gaspar (Alvesgaspar)/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 3.0

Immature seed pod
Nerium oleander (oleander); Immature seed pod. Shobhavana, Moodbidri, India. April 2018.
©Dhakshini R/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 4.0

Fruit nearing maturity
Nerium oleander (oleander); Fruit nearing maturity; Manie van der Schijff Botanical Garden, University of Pretoria, South Africa. December 2015.
©SAplants/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 4.0

Dehisced pod
Nerium oleander (oleander); Dehisced pod with hairy seeds; Manie van der Schijff Botanical Garden, University of Pretoria, South Africa. December 2015.
©SAplants/via Wikimedia Commons - CC BY-SA 4.0

Distribution

Host Plants and Other Plants Affected

Host	Host status	References
Triticum aestivum (wheat)	Unknown	Ihsan et al. (2011)

List of Symptoms/Signs

Symptom or sign	Life stages	Sign or diagnosis
Terrestrial animals/Cardiovascular Signs/Arrhythmia, irregular heart rate, pulse		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Cardiovascular Signs/Atrial fibrillation		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Cardiovascular Signs/Bradycardia, slow heart beat or pulse		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Cardiovascular Signs/First degree atrioventricular heart block		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Cardiovascular Signs/Heart murmur		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Cardiovascular Signs/Second degree atrioventricular heart block		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Cardiovascular Signs/Sinus arrest		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Cardiovascular Signs/Sinus arrhythmia		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Cardiovascular Signs/Sinus tachycardia		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Cardiovascular Signs/Tachycardia, rapid pulse, high heart rate		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Cardiovascular Signs/Third degree, complete, atrioventricular heart block		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Cardiovascular Signs/Ventricular fibrillation, flutter		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Cardiovascular Signs/Ventricular premature beat, multifocal or unifocal		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Cardiovascular Signs/Ventricular tachycardia, multifocal or unifocal		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Cardiovascular Signs/Weak pulse, small pulse		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Abdominal distention		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Anorexia, loss or decreased appetite, not nursing, off feed		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Anorexia, loss or decreased appetite, not nursing, off feed		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Bloat in ruminants, tympany		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Bloody stools, faeces, haematochezia		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Decreased amount of stools, absent faeces, constipation		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Diarrhoea		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Diarrhoea		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Excessive salivation, frothing at the mouth, ptyalism		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Excessive salivation, frothing at the mouth, ptyalism		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Grinding teeth, bruxism, odontoprisis		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Mucous, mucoid stools, faeces		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Rumen hypomotility or atony, decreased rate, motility, strength		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Vomiting or regurgitation, emesis		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Vomiting or regurgitation, emesis		Sign
Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Ataxia, incoordination, staggering, falling		Sign
Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Cyanosis, blue skin or membranes		Sign
Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Dehydration		Sign
Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Dysmetria, hypermetria, hypometria		Sign
Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Generalized weakness, paresis, paralysis		Sign
Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Generalized weakness, paresis, paralysis		Sign
Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Inability to stand, downer, prostration		Sign
Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Sudden death, found dead		Sign
Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Sudden death, found dead		Sign
Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Sweating excessively, hyperhidrosis		Sign
Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Trembling, shivering, fasciculations, chilling		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Nervous Signs/Coma, stupor		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Nervous Signs/Constant or increased vocalization		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Nervous Signs/Dullness, depression, lethargy, depressed, lethargic, listless		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Nervous Signs/Dullness, depression, lethargy, depressed, lethargic, listless		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Nervous Signs/Excitement, delirium, mania		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Nervous Signs/Hyperesthesia, irritable, hyperactive		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Nervous Signs/Seizures or syncope, convulsions, fits, collapse		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Nervous Signs/Tetany		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Nervous Signs/Tremor		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Ophthalmology Signs/Lacrimation, tearing, serous ocular discharge, watery eyes		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Ophthalmology Signs/Mydriasis, dilated pupil		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Pain/Discomfort Signs/Colic, abdominal pain		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Reproductive Signs/Agalactia, decreased, absent milk production		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Respiratory Signs/Dyspnea, difficult, open mouth breathing, grunt, gasping		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Respiratory Signs/Ingesta in nasal passage		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Skin/Integumentary Signs/Cold skin, cool ears, extremities		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Urinary Signs/Increased frequency of urination, pollakiuria		Sign
Terrestrial animals/Urinary Signs/Polyuria, increased urine output		Sign

Prevention and Control

Eradication

The South African government recommends the removal and destruction of N. oleander plants, including prohibiting its trade (Invasive Species South Africa, 2020). In California where this species has naturalized and is sold as an ornamental, the recommendation is that it be considered for removal from the trade following talks with the horticulture industry and also monitored for further spread into wildlands (Brusati et al., 2014).

Physical/Mechanical Control

Nerium oleander can be physically controlled by cutting the stumps (Brisbane City Council, 2020).

Chemical Control

Due to the variable regulations around (de-)registration of pesticides, we are for the moment not including any specific chemical control recommendations. For further information, we recommend you visit the following resources:

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EU pesticides database (http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/)

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PAN pesticide database (www.pesticideinfo.org)

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Your national pesticide guide

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