botanical record · discovered
Oleander
Nerium oleander
Oleander · Adelfa blanca y rosa · Alheli extranjero · Bunga Mentega · Bunga jepun · Ceylone Rose · Ceylonroos · Ceylonrose · Ceylons Rose · Ceylonsroos · Defla · Dog-Bane · Double Oleander · Franse bloem · Gewöhnlicher Oleander · Haban · Heriotzorri · Jure · Laurel de jardín · Laurel rosado (ES); Oleander (EN)
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Europe, Kurdistan, Cuba, Haiti, Iraq, Turkey, US, Mexico
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Aposteme, Atheroma, Carcinoma, Cardiac
Science studied: ADYNERIN, ALKALOIDS, ALPHA-AMYRIN, 16-ANHYDRO-DEACETYL-NERIGOSIDE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Apocynaceae
Scientific name: Nerium oleander
Common names: Oleander, Adelfa blanca y rosa, Alheli extranjero, Bunga Mentega, Bunga jepun, Ceylone Rose, Ceylonroos, Ceylonrose, Ceylons Rose, Ceylonsroos, Defla, Dog-Bane, Double Oleander, Franse bloem, Gewöhnlicher Oleander, Haban, Heriotzorri, Jure, Laurel de jardín, Laurel rosado (ES); Oleander (EN)
History
The source record documents this plant in Europe, Kurdistan, Cuba, Haiti, Iraq, Elsewhere, Turkey, US and 12 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Aposteme
- Atheroma
- Carcinoma
- Cardiac
- Cardiotonic
- Corn
- Cyanogenetic
- Diuretic
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- Emetic
- Fatality
- Homicide
- Insecticide
- Repellant(Insect)
- Parasiticide
- Poison
- Psoriasis
- Purgative
- Raticide
- Rodenticide
- Scabies
- Skin
- Sore
- Stimulant
- Tonic
- Tumor
- Wart
- Weakness
- Epithelioma
- Eruption
- Sternutatory
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Europe
- Kurdistan
- Cuba
- Haiti
- Iraq
- Elsewhere
- Turkey
- US
- Mexico
- Venezuela
- Samoa
- Spain
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- Argentina
- Dominican Republic
- Morocco
- Malaya
- West Indies
- Puerto Rico
- "
- Libya
Documented cultural uses
- Aposteme
- Atheroma
- Carcinoma
- Cardiac
- Cardiotonic
- Corn
- Cyanogenetic
- Diuretic
- Emetic
- Fatality
- Homicide
- Insecticide
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- Repellant(Insect)
- Parasiticide
- Poison
- Psoriasis
- Purgative
- Raticide
- Rodenticide
- Scabies
- Skin
- Sore
- Stimulant
- Tonic
- Tumor
- Wart
- Weakness
- Epithelioma
- Eruption
- Sternutatory
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ADYNERIN
- ALKALOIDS
- ALPHA-AMYRIN
- 16-ANHYDRO-DEACETYL-NERIGOSIDE
- CAMPESTEROL
- CAPRIC-ACID
- CAPRYLIC-ACID
- CHOLINE
- CORTENERIN
- DEACETYLOLEANDRIN
- DIACETYL-NERIGOSIDE
- FAT
- FOLIANDRIN
- GENTIOBIOSYLOLEANDRIN
- GITOXIGENIN
- GLYCOSIDES
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- HCN
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE
- LAURIC-ACID
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- NERIGOSIDE
- NERIIN
- ODOROBIOSIDE
- ODOROSIDE-H
- ODOROTRIOSIDE
- OLEANDRIN
- OLEANOLIC-ACID
- OLEIC-ACID
- PROTEIN
- PSEUDOCURAMINE
- QUERCITRIN
- ROSAGININ
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- STEARIC-ACID
- STIGMASTEROL
- UREHITOXIN
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- CAOUTCHOUC
- ODOROSIDE-A
- OLEANDOMYCIN
- PALMITIC-ACID
- QUERCETRIN-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE
- ADIGOSIDE
- CAPROIC-ACID
- CORNERIN
- EO
- FOLINERIN
- 9-D-HYDROXY-CIS-12-OCTADECANOIC-ACID
- NERIANTHIN
- NERITALOSIDE
- OLEAGENIN
- OLEASIDES
- QUERCETIN
- RUTIN
- STROSPESIDE
- UZARIGENIN
- BETULIN
- BETULINIC-ACID
- URSOLIC-ACID
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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