Description: The Yellow Oleander or Karan(G.) is a plant originating from India, which is considered highly poisonous and deadly when ingested. That’s why its use is discouraged in public spaces. However, as we have been told, it was used in different circumstances as in the decoration of the temple located in the interior of a house, to promote a “healthy environment” or other religious ceremonies related to the god Shiva. (*)
Provided by: Caussiccumar Gechande, a Mozambique-born Portuguese.
Present Location: Plant nursery belonging to Moscavide and Portela District.
Last revision date: March 2016
(I) Numbering in accordance with the archive of trees and plants identified in the Quinta da Vitoria 2012 and 2013.
(II) Mabberley, David J. Mabberley´s Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classifications and Uses. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
(*)Testimonies of residents gathered in a set of recorded conversations in the neighborhood of Quinta da Vitória and after the demolition in Lisbon, Loures and London between July 2012 and October 2014.
(G.) Word in Gujarate language.
