Oleander

Injury	Disease	Nutrition	Poison

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Oleander (Nerium oleander)

Overview

Symptoms

Treatment

Oleander

Definition:

This is poisoning from sucking nectar from the flowers or chewing leaves from the oleander or yellow oleander plant. Poisoning can also happen if you use oleander branches as skewers to roast meat, or if you eat honey made by bees that used the oleander plant for nectar.

Alternative Names:

Rosebay poisoning; Yellow oleander poisoning; Thevatia peruviana poisoning

Poisonous Ingredient:

Neriin
Oleondroside
Oleandrin

Note: This list may not be all inclusive.

Where Found:

Twigs, leaves, and flowers of the oleander plant

Note: This list may not be all inclusive.

Review Date: 3/21/2006
Reviewed By: Eric Perez, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Luke's-RooseveltHospital Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed HealthcareNetwork.

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