Apocynaceae
Oleander
Nerium oleander
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Nerium
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Common names
By language (92)
- aeb
- دفلة, خضراية
- Afrikaans
- Selonsroos
- Arabic
- دفلى, تفلة, التفلة, الدفلة, تفله, دفلا, دفلة, دفلة الاء
- Armenian
- Դափնեվարդ
- arz
- دفلى
- azb
- عادی اوْلئاندر
- ban
- Kenyéri
- Bangla
- করবী
- bar
- Oleander
- Basque
- Heriotzorri
- Belarusian
- Алеандар звычайны, Алеандр, Алеандар
- bik
- Adelfa
- Bulgarian
- Зокум, Олеандър
- Burmese
- နွယ်သာကီပင်
- Cantonese
- 夾竹桃
- Catalan
- Baladre, Biva
- Cebuano
- Nerium
- Central Kurdish
- ژاڵە
- Chinese
- 夹竹桃, 夾竹桃, 欧洲夹竹巧*(夹竹桃）, 欧洲夹竹桃, 歐洲夾竹桃, 洋夾竹桃, 白花夹竹桃
- Croatian
- Oleandar
- Czech
- Oleandr obecný, Oleandr
- Danish
- Nerie, Oleander
- Dutch
- Oleander
- eml
- Leàndar
- English
- Oleander, Sweet-scented oleander
- Esperanto
- Oleandro, Nerio
- Estonian
- Harilik oleander
- Filipino
- Adelpa
- Finnish
- Oleanteri, Oleanterit
- French
- Laurier rose, Laurier-rose
- frr
- Oleander
- Galician
- Adelfa, Loendro
- Georgian
- Ოლეანდრე
- German
- Oleander, Rosenlorbeer
- Greek
- Πικροδάφνη
- Gujarati
- કરેણ
- Hebrew
- הרדוף הנחלים, הרדוף
- Hindi
- कनेर
- hsb
- Oleander, Bobkownica
- Hungarian
- Leander, Babérrózsa
- Indonesian
- Bunga jepun
- io
- Rozlauro
- Irish
- Oiliandar
- Italian
- Oleandri, Oleandro
- Japanese
- キョウチクトウ, きょうちくとう, セイヨウキョウチクトウ, 夾竹桃
- Javanese
- Kembang mentéga
- kab
- Ilili
- Kannada
- ಗಣಗಲೆ ಹೂ
- Kazakh
- Oleandr, Олеандр, ولەاندر
- Korean
- 협죽도, 유도화
- Kurdish
- Rûl, روول, Jale, Ziqûm
- lah
- کنیر
- Latvian
- Oleandrs
- Macedonian
- Зокум
- Malay
- Anis, Bunga jepun, Suduayah
- Malayalam
- അരളി, Arali, രക്തകരവി
- Marathi
- कण्हेर, कन्हेर
- Nepali
- श्वेत करबीर
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Oleander
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Oleander
- os
- Олеандр
- pam
- Adelfa
- pap
- Oleander
- Pashto
- گنډېری
- Persian
- خرزهره
- Polish
- Oleander
- Portuguese
- Oleandro, Adelfa, Aloendro, Espirradeira, Loandro, Loendro
- Punjabi
- ਕਨੇਰ
- Romanian
- Nerium
- Russian
- Олеандр, Олеандр обыкновенный
- Sanskrit
- करवीरः
- sc
- Oliandru
- Serbian
- Олеандер, Oleander, Лијандер
- Serbian (Latin)
- Oleandar
- shi
- Ilili
- Slovenian
- Navadni oleander
- Spanish
- Aberfa, Adelfa, Baladre, Delfa, Edelfa, Laurel-rosa, Rosa laurel, Rosalaurel
- Swedish
- Oleander, Oleandersläktet, Neriumsläktet, Oleandrar, Rosenlager
- Tajik
- Бедгул
- Tamil
- அரளி, அலரி, அலளி, கணவீரம், கத்தூரிப்பட்டை
- Tatar
- Талгөл
- Telugu
- గన్నేరు, కరవీరపత్రం, నీరియమ్
- Thai
- ยี่โถ, ดอกยี่โถ
- Tongan
- Lolie, Catharanthus roseus
- Turkish
- Zakkum
- ty
- Tārona
- Ukrainian
- Олеандр індійський, Олеандр
- Urdu
- کنیر
- Uzbek
- Sambitgul
- Vietnamese
- Trúc đào
- war
- Nerium
- wuu
- 夹竹桃
Synonyms
- Nerion oleandrum St.-Lag.
- Nerium carneum hort. ex Dum.Cours.
- Nerium flavescens Spin
- Nerium floridum Salisb.
- Nerium grandiflorum Desf.
- Nerium indicum Mill.
- Nerium indicum f. leucanthum (Makino) Okuyama
- Nerium indicum subsp. kotschyi (Boiss.) Rech.f.
- Nerium indicum var. leucanthum Makino
- Nerium indicum var. lutescens Makino
- Nerium indicum var. plenum Makino
- Nerium japonicum hort. ex Gentil
- Nerium kotschyi Boiss.
- Nerium latifolium Mill.
- Nerium lauriforme Lam.
- Nerium luteum Nois. ex Steud.
- Nerium mascatense A.DC.
- Nerium odoratissimum Wender.
- Nerium odoratum Lam.
- Nerium odorum Aiton
- Nerium oleander subsp. kurdicum Rech.f.
- Nerium oleander var. indicum (Mill.) O.Deg. & Greenwell
- Nerium splendens hort. ex Paxton
- Nerium thyrsiflorum Paxton
- Nerium verecundum Salisb.
- Oleander indica (Mill.) Medik.
- Oleander vulgaris Medik.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to October (from 1,966 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Marco Zaccaria Di Fraia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Анна Кириченко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Quentin Groom, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Georges Jansoone, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Naturgrama, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kolforn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Naturgrama, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Aleshka Quezada, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Padma Chinapaiyan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.