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Flowers and leaves. Photo: Don Wood, planted at Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Flowers and leaves. Photo: Don Wood, planted at Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Flowers and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, Yarralumla, ACT

Seeds and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, Bogindena Nature Reserve nearTemora, NSW

Shrub. Photo: Don Wood, planted at Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Common Name

Oleander

Family

Apocynaceae

Notes

Introduced shrub or tree to 8m tall.  Leaves in whorls or opposite each other.  Leaves 6-20cm long, 10-30mm wide, flat, hairless, with pointed tips.  Flowers white, pink, or red.  Flowers tubular, with five lobes, in open groups at the ends of the stems. 

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Nerium~oleander