{"id":23279,"date":"2024-05-11T08:05:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T02:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23279"},"modified":"2025-04-07T01:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T19:57:14","slug":"oleander-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/oleander-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleander flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Oleander flowers:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Nerium oleander, commonly known as <strong>oleander or rosebay<\/strong>, is a plant cultivated worldwide in <strong>tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is known for its <strong>drought tolerance<\/strong>, the <strong>shrub <\/strong>is often used for <strong>ornamental and landscaping purposes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In Kerala, the plant is known by the names of arali and kanaveeram, and is grown along highways and beaches as a natural, green fencing.<\/li>\n<li>There are different varieties of oleander, each with a flower of a different colour.<\/li>\n<li>The plant has been frequently described in <strong>Brihattrayi, Nighantus<\/strong> and other classical Ayurvedic texts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charka<\/strong> [Charak Samhita] has prescribed the leaves of white flowered variety externally in chronic and obstinate skin diseases of serious nature including leprosy.<\/li>\n<li>According to Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India (API) an <strong>oil prepared <\/strong>from the root bark can be used to treat <strong>skin diseases.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Oleander\u2019s toxicity<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ingestion or inhalation of smoke from burning oleander can be intoxicating.<\/li>\n<li>This is due to the properties of <strong>cardiac glycosides<\/strong> (a type of chemical) including oleandrin, folinerin, and digitoxigenin, which are present in all parts of the plant.<\/li>\n<li>Effects of oleander toxicity include nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, rashes, confusion, dizziness, irregular heartbeat, slow heartbeat, and, in extreme cases, death.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is the characteristic of temperate climates?<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0These are characterized by relatively moderate mean annual temperatures, with average monthly temperatures above 10\u00b0C in their warmest months and above \u22123\u00b0C in their colder months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/kerala-banned-oleander-flowers-temple-offerings-9320431\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why Kerala has banned oleander flowers in temple offerings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oleander flowers is a plant cultivated worldwide in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}