It is one of the common names of a very poisonous plant and medicinal uses. It is also known as oleander, navieyo, nerio or nerium. Its scientific name is Nerium oleander and it belongs to the Family Apocynaceae. The word baladre is of Catalan origin. It is formed by derivation of the Latin veraetrum, which is the name of the heboro and which means poisonous bush. It is also called eleboro.
