Nerium L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 68

1. Nerium L. 3

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3 or 4, evergreen. Inflorescence terminal, corymbose. Corolla cylindrical below, infundibuliform above, the throat wide and open, with 5 large, laciniate scales; lobes overlapping to the right in bud. Anthers adhering to the stigma, with appendage. Disc absent. Follicles united until just before dehiscence. Seeds numerous, tomentose, apically comose.