Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Nerium oleander L.
Family : APOCYNACEAE
Genus : Nerium
Catalan common name : Baladre. Llorer rosa.
Spanish common name : Adelfa.
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón. Gerona. Tarragona. Valencia.
Distribution in the islands : Ibiza.
General distribution : South Mediterranean
Flowering time : May. June. July. August. September.
Life-forms : Macrophanerophyte.
Habitat : Gardens and sometimes subespontaneous.
Uses and properties : Furniture, construction and tools. Medicinal. Tòxica.
Observations : El baladre és una planta tòxica de fort sabor amarg, que produeix la mort de l´home i dels animals que la mengen. Aquesta propietat ha estat exagerada fins el punt de dir que només dormint a la seva ombra o beure de l´aigua d´on viu per a sofrir els seus efectes.
Origen : Regió mediterrània.
Location on-campus UIB : Plantat freqüentment formant tanques: al Jardí de Son Lledó i rodejant altres edificis.
Description : This plant is a bush that can grow into a small tree. Leaves are lanceoleate and can reach up to 20 cm long, in groups of three at each stem node, slightly leathery with a simple margin. The flowers are rose coloured with five petals, 3-4 cm wide. The fruits are elongated and form seeds with a plumule. This species only lives in the Pitiusses, generally in streams and torrents. In the rest of the islands it is often used in ornamental landscaping and can be found in variations with white flowers, which are often sterile, as the stamens have transformed into petals. Flowers during the month of May and during the summer.
