What is Oleander?
{{Taxobox | name = Oleander | image = Nerium oleander flowers leaves.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''Nerium oleander'' in flower | regnum = [[Plantae]] | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Gentianales]] | familia = [[Apocynaceae]] | genus = '''''Nerium''''' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | species = '''''N. oleander''''' | binomial = ''Nerium oleander'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] }} '''Oleander''', ''Nerium oleander'',<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200018424 Flora of China]</ref> is a [[poison]]ous [[shrub]]. It is commonly used in [[garden]]s because of its [[pink]] colored [[flower]]s.<ref>Osterloh J, Herold S, Pond S. Oleander interference in the digoxin radioimmunoassay in a fatal ingestion. JAMA 1982; 247: 1596-7.</ref><ref>Zhao M. et al. 2007. Bioactive Cardenolides from the Stems and Twigs of Nerium oleander. J. Nat. Prod., 70, 1098 -1103</ref> ''Nerium oleander'' is native to northern [[Africa]], the eastern [[mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] basin and southeast [[Asia]]. Oleander prefers dry, warm [[climate]]s and may naturalize in such areas.<ref>[http://www.floridata.com/ref/N/nerium.cfm culture conditions]</ref> Recently, [[science|scientific]] studies on [[cardenolide oleandrin]] show that it may be used to prevent [[mutagenesis]].<ref>Manna SK. et al. 2000 [http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/reprint/60/14/3838 Oleandrin Suppresses Activation of Nuclear Transcription Factor- B, Activator Protein-1, and c-Jun NH2-Terminal Kinase Cancer Research 60, 3838-3847]</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Apocynaceae]] [[Category:Shrubs]]