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Nerium oleander · wildlife atlas entry

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Nerium oleander /ˈnɪəriəm ˈoʊliː.ændər/ is a shrub or small tree in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, toxic in all its parts. It is the only species currently classified in the genus Nerium . It is most commonly known as nerium or oleander , from its superficial resemblance to the unrelated olive Olea . It is so widely cultivated that no precise region of origin has been identified, though southwest Asia has been suggested. The ancient city of Volubilis in Morocco... Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

oleander — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) Cheng-wei, Liu (Jack), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Cheng-wei, Liu (Jack) · cc-by-nc

Record card

Scientific name	Nerium oleander
Rank	species
Community observations	83,766 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Plantae › phylum Tracheophyta › class Magnoliopsida › order Gentianales › family Apocynaceae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

oleander photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-17 · Puttanapura, Karnataka 571342, India
(c) Vikas Vikas.k, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

oleander photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · RQVG+R4, Buragunte, Karnataka 562125, India
(c) Parthsarthi Maharana, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

oleander photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · الشافي/بلقيس، جت، إسرائيل
(c) براء ناصر, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

oleander photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · 上海市浦东新区三林镇三林
no rights reserved · cc0

oleander photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-09-14 · Derb El Hotel, Marrakesh, Marrakesh-Safi, MA
(c) dcf_eyeball, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

oleander photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-10 · Peloponnesose piirkond, Kreeka
(c) Veljo Runnel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · cc-by-sa

oleander photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-19 · E 615 N, La Verkin, UT, US
(c) kevinran, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

oleander photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-07 · South Aegean, Grækenland
(c) Sean Birk Bek Craig, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND) · cc-by-nc-nd

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