Description:

• Nerium is a perennial wild shrub that grows in rocky deep valleys or cultivated along roadsides as ornamental plant locally known as "Al-dafla الدفلة"
• The whole plant is toxic specially leaves as it contains cardioactive compounds

Signs of toxicity:

• Gastrointestinal effects like nausea, vomiting, salivation and diarrhea
• Cardiac effects include irregular heartbeat
• Central nervous systems effects include drowsiness, tremors and coma
• Allergic reaction in skin and eyes