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Family: Apocynaceae	Genus: Nerium	Species: Nerium oleander Linn.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Nerium indicum Mill.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Kaner	Flower Type	Cyme
English / Trade Name	Oleander	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Kaner	Fruiting Period	Jan-March
Altitude	About 1000 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	The fruit is a long narrow capsule 5-23 cm long, which splits open at maturity to release numerous downy seeds
Habitat	Road side and park	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Native to northern, southern Europe, western Asia, the Indian sub-continent	Bark Details	Glaucous bloom, while mature stems have a grayish bark
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Patiala-ki-Rao Reserved Forest, Sector 26, Sector 52	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Whorled (leaves in groups of 3 or more along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Lence shaped
Description of Species	Oleander grows to 2–6 m (6.6–19.7 ft) tall, with erect stems that splay outward as they mature; first-year stems have a glaucous bloom, while mature stems have a grayish bark. The leaves are in pairs or whorls of three, thick and leathery, dark-green, narrow lanceolate, 5–21 cm (2.0–8.3 in) long and 1–3.5 cm (0.39–1.38 in) broad, and with an entire margin. The flowers grow in clusters at the end of each branch; they are white, pink to red, 2.5–5 cm (0.98–1.97 in) diameter, with a deeply 5-lobed fringed corolla round the central corolla tube. They are often, but not always, sweet-scented. The fruit is a long narrow capsule 5–23 cm (2.0–9.1 in) long, which splits open at maturity to release numerous downy seeds.	Leaf Details	Leaves are in pairs or whorls of three, thick and leathery, dark-green, narrow lanceolate, 5–21 cm long and 1–3.5 cm broad with an entire margin

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