Oleander
Nerium oleander, also known as oleander or oleander, is an evergreen shrub or small tree of oleander, with ornamental value of Chinese herbal medicine. Because the stem like bamboo, flowers like peach, hence the name. It is the only species of oleander. North Africa's ancient city of Vorubiliis is the name of the ancient Latin name of the old Chinese name. Oleander produced in Morocco and Portugal to the east of the Mediterranean region and southern Asia to China's Yunnan. They are usually grown in dry river beds. They can grow to 2-6 m tall and expand outward on upright branches. Characterized by leaves of raw, fruit was cylindrical, a lot of seeds, brown hair long hair. Leaves into pairs or three groups, thick and leathery, was dark green, narrow and was spiked, 5-21 cm long, 2.5-5 cm wide, smooth margins. Flowers bunch of branches grow in branches, cymes, flowering from 4 to 9 months, with white, pink or yellow, 2.5-5 cm in diameter, with a five-merged corolla. They are generally, but not often, will emit sweet flavor. Fruit long and narrow, 5-23 cm long, mature when the burst will release a large number of seeds. In the past, there were fragrant oleander species classified into different varieties N. odorum, but because of their characteristics are not stable, so to no longer use this classification. ...