Oleander
ಗಣಗಲೆ ಹೂकनेरஅரளி
Nerium oleander L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 2.0 m
- wide
- 1.9 m
Apocynaceae
Also called Common oleander, Ceylone Rose, Ceylonrose, Ceylons Rose, Ceylonsrose
Formerly Nerion oleandrum, Nerium atropurpureum, Nerium carneum, Nerium flavescens, and 15 more
When it flowers
Flowers December to April in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Medit. to MyanmarKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension and RHS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension full, part; RHS full
- Height
- 1.5 m to 2.5 mRead from NC State Extension and RHS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 5–19.5 ft; RHS 1.5–2.5 m
- Spread
- 1.4 m to 2.3 mRead from NC State Extension and RHS, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension 6–10 ft; RHS 1–1.5 m
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension and RHS, not yet checked: its sources are splitTied: no reading has a majority of the 2 sources, so all are kept for a person to settle. Sources differ: NC State Extension low; RHS medium
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from NC State Extension and RHS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension cream, orange, pink, white, yellow; RHS pink, red, white
- Coldest it survives
- -8.6 °C (USDA zone 8b)Read from NC State Extension and RHS, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension -12.2 °C; RHS -5 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
African irisFlowers May to November, when this does not
Bird of paradiseFlowers May to November, when this does not
Cotton RosemallowFlowers May to November, when this does not
Creeping WoodsorrelFlowers May to November, when this does not
Crimson bottlebrushFlowers May to November, when this does not
Heart-leaf ice plantFlowers May to November, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Catalan
- baladre, Baladre
- French
- Laurier rose
- Spanish
- Adelfa blanca y rosa, rosa laurel, Laurel de jardín
- Portuguese
- loendro, Oleandro
- Chinese
- 夾竹桃, 夹竹桃, 欧洲夹竹巧*(夹竹桃）
- Russian
- Олеандр обыкновенный, Олеандр
- Italian
- oleandro
- Hebrew
- הרדוף הנחלים
- Arabic
- دفلى زيتية, دفلى شائعة, تفلة
- Japanese
- キョウチクトウ, 夾竹桃, セイヨウキョウチクトウ
- Estonian
- harilik oleander
- Croatian
- Oleandar
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY 2.5
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Nerium oleander (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.