EPPO Global Database

Nerium oleander(NEROL)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-07-19

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: NEROL
  • Preferred name: Nerium oleander
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Mediterranean region, Western Asia (Iraq to Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina (Myanmar), Sahel (Niger). Cultivated since ancient times as an ornamental shrub. Introduced in Malesia (Java, southeastern islands), China, Japan, Korea, Tchad, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Madagascar, USA (a few southern states), Mexico, Central America, southern Brazil, Australia (New South Wales), New Zealand. A very toxic plant

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Common names
Name Language
common oleander English
oleander English
rose bay English
gemeiner Oleander German
Oleander German
Oleanderrosenherberre German
laurelles French
laurier rose French
laurose French
nérier à feuilles de laurier French
nérion French
nérion laurier-rose French
nérion oléandre French
oléandre French
rhododendron de Pline French
rosage French
abelfa Spanish
adelfa Spanish
baladre Spanish
hierba mala Spanish
laurel rosa Spanish
narciso Spanish
rosa de berberia Spanish
rosa laurel Spanish
valadre Spanish
lauro roseo Italian
mazza cavallo Italian
mazza di San Giuseppe Italian
oleandro Italian
oleander Dutch
adelfo Portuguese
alandro Portuguese
aloendro Portuguese
cevadilha Portuguese
eloendro Portuguese
espirradeira Portuguese (BR)
loendreira Portuguese
loendro Portuguese
loureiro-rosa Portuguese
nério Portuguese
oleandro Portuguese
oloendro Portuguese
savadilha-bastarda Portuguese
sevadilha Portuguese
oleander Swedish
kadeinaru Japanese
misesusuwanson Japanese
seiyôkyôchikutô Japanese
カデイナル Japanese
セイヨウキョウチクトウ Japanese
ミセススワンソン Japanese
олеандр Russian
zakkum Turkish
harduf hannechalim Hebrew
הַרְדּוּף הַנְּחָלִים Hebrew
oleander pospolity Polish
leandër Albanian
الدفلة Arabic
adelfa Aragonese
обикновен зокум Bulgarian
baladre Catalan
llorer ral Catalan
jiā zhú táo shǔ Chinese
ōu zhōu jiā zhú táo Chinese
夹竹桃属 Chinese
欧洲夹竹桃 Chinese
oleandar Croatian
αοράφηνα Greek
αριοδάφνη Greek
δουράφα Greek
ζουκούμι Greek
νήριον ολέανδρος Greek
Πικροδάφνη Greek
πικροδάφνη οδοδάφνη Greek
πικροφυλλάδα Greek
ροδοδάφνη Greek
σφάκα Greek
τούρκικο τριαντάφυλλον Greek
φυλλάδα Greek
ψωροδάφνη Greek
kaner Hindi
कनेर Hindi
bunga mentega Indonesian
협죽도 Korean
hyeop juk do Korean
navadni oleander Slovene
олеандр звичайний Ukrainian