欧洲夹竹桃 Nerium oleander

  • Scientific Name: Nerium oleander L.
  • Ref: Sp. Pl.:209. 1753
  • Synonym: Nerium odorum Aiton
  • English Common Name: oleander, nerium
  • Chinese Common Name: 欧洲夹竹桃 Ōuzhōu jiázhú∙táo, 洋夹竹桃 yáng jiázhú∙táo
  • Japanese Common Name: セイヨウキョウチクトウ [西洋夾竹桃] seiyōkyōchikutō
  • Family: Apocynaceae
  • Genus: Nerium
  • Distribution: Yunnan, widely cultivated and naturalized in tropical, sub-tropical, and temperate parts [Asia, Europe, North America]
  • Photo: 06/21/2009, South China Botanical Garden, Guangdong
  • Note: FOC considers Nerium indicum Mill. as a synonym of N. oleander L.
Stem to 6 m tall. Leaves very narrowly elliptic, 5-21 X 1-3.5 cm, leathery, base cuneate or decurrent on petiole, apex acuminate or acute. Flowers showy, fragrant. Sepals narrowly triangular to narrowly ovate, 3-10 mm. Corolla purplish red, pink, white, salmon, or yellow, tube 1.2-2.2 cm; lobes 1.3-3 cm, single or double. Follicles cylindric, 12-23 cm. Seeds oblong, coma 0.9-1.2 cm. Fl. spring-autumn. 2n = 22. (Flora of China)

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