Autonyms (not in current use) and synonyms:

• (=) Nerium indicum Mill.
• (=) Nerium odorum Aiton

Common names:

• oleander  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• rose bay  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• rose-laurel  (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2) - English
• selonsroos  (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001) - Afrikaans
• laurier rose  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• oleandre  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• Oleander  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• kyōchiku-tō  (Source: F JapanOhwi) - Japanese Rōmaji
• espirradeira  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• oleandro  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• adelfa  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• balandre  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• laurel rosa  (Source: pers. comm.) - Spanish
• pascua  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• nerium  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• haban  (Source: L Oman) - Transliterated Arabic

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental; ornamental
• Medicines:
• Vertebrate poisons:
• Weed: potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Niger

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, United Arab Emirates
• WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
• CHINA: China [Yunnan Sheng]

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, [Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab] Nepal, Pakistan

Europe

• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Croatia, Greece (incl. Crete & e. Aegean Islands), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Malta
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)


Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized (widely natzd.)

Other (exact native range obscure)

References:

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17. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
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Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image