(Last Modified On 4/10/2013)
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(Last Modified On 4/10/2013)
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Species
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Nerium oleander L
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sp. PI. 209. 1753.-FIG. 22.
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Description
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Shrubs, or small trees, the younger stems puberulent. Leaves mostly ternate, oblong-lanceolate, acute-acuminate, attenuate basally, to 20 cm long and 2.5 cm wide, puberulent beneath when young, the midrib pronounced, the lateral veins obscure; petioles 3-10 mm long, glandular in the axils. Inflorescences thyrsiform, the primary peduncle ca. 6-9 cm long. Flowers double or triple in Panama; pedi-
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Habit
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Shrubs, or small trees
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Description
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cels 5-13 mm long, puberulent; bracteole 1, ovate, 4-5 mm long, variously placed; calyx-lobes ? ovate, somewhat keeled, ca. 5-7 mm long, pubescent, somewhat foliaceous and pinkish; corolla white or pink-orange to scarlet, "gla- brous externally, the tube proper 8-12 mm long, about 1.5 mm in diameter at the base, the throat conic-campanulate, 9-10 mm long, about 7 mm in di- ameter at the orifice, the lobes obliquely obovate to obovate-oblong, 20-25 mm long, spreading; follicles relatively stout, 8-15 cm long."
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Distribution
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Native to the Mediterranean region, but widely cultivated and occasionally escaped in tropical America.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Balboa, Standley 30826 (US). PANAMA: NE of Panama City, sabanas, Bro. Paul 217 (US).
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