Alien Invasives
Yellow Oleander (Thevetia peruviana)
06 October 2016
- Other names
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Lucky Nut, Mexican Oleander (English)
Geeloleander (Afrikaans) - Invasive status
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NEMBA Category 1b
CARA 2002 Category 1 - Description
- Yellow Oleander is a dense, leafy, evergreen shrub or small tree up to 6 metres high with milky sap. The leaves are narrow, lance-shaped, bright green, glossy above and paler below. Flowers may vary from yellow to orange. They are trumpet-shaped and twisted in the bud. The fruit is drupe-like, slightly fleshy and bright green eventually hardening and turning black, broadly triangular in outline with a raised ridge across the middle. All parts of the plant are toxic.
- Originally from
- Mexico and the West Indies
- Where is it a problem?
- Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces
- How does it spread?
- Seed dispersal
- Why is it a problem?
- Competes with and replaces indigenous species. Highly toxic.
- Planting alternatives
- Cape Laburnum (Calpurnia aurea), Yellow Bauhinia (Bauhinia tomentosa)
- Uses
- Ornamental
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Please EFT to the following account:
| Bank: | Nedbank |
| Branch name: Branch code: |
Morning Glen Branch 198 765 |
| Account Name: | Sandspruit Ullmann Park Association |
| Account Number: | 1014 852 641 |
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