Characteristics
Dicots
Nerium oleander L.
OLEANDER
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This species contains oleandrin, a toxic cardiac glycoside (Palmisano et al. 2015) also investigated in medical research and for therapeutic potential (e.g. Ko et al. 2018).
Not Native
Classification
Citation
NERIUM OLEANDER Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 209. 1753.
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Without data (holotype: LINN 300.1). Lectotypified by Markgraf, in L. B. Smith, Fl. Ilus. Catarin., Apoc. 78. 1968.
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