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All parts of this plant are poisonous. So is the smoke from burning oleander wood and the honey from oleander nectar. One leafe contains enough poison in it to kill a fully grown cow or horse should they dare to eat it. Source: flowers-cs.com |
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Oleander is an evergreen shrub cultivated for its showy flowers and handsome fliage. It belongs to the dogbane family. In warm regions it grows outdoors all year. In cooler regions it makes a fine house and greenhouse plant. The common oleander, native to the Mediterranean region, grows 8 to 20 feet tall. Its tick, lance-shaped leaves, which can grow up to 10 inches long and one inch wide, are grouped in threes or fours along the stem. Except in double flowered varietues, the red, white, pink, or purple blossoms all have five petals. The blossoms, which are 1.5 to 3 inches wide, cluster at the branch tips. Narrow seed pods contain many fuzzy seeds. Similar to the common oleander, but sweeter smelling, is the fragrent oleander, or Nerium Odorum, which is native to southern Asia.