Name: Nerium OleanderA beautiful flower found growing in a lot of places especially along highways and gardens within the city. In tamil (South India) it is known as araLi and in northern parts of the country it is known as kaner/kaneri.
Description: Very pretty pink (striped deeper pink center), white (striped yellow center) or deep pink coloured flowers with five petals all bend slightly to the right. I have also seen smaller peach coloured Neriums at K. R. park, Bangalore. The center (stamen) is quite different and the stigma is white in colour. Highly poisonous. There is also a variant of this which looks like a desi gulab though the leaves are identical.
Where: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
When: Sept onwards.
(Sort of an evergreen flower. Have seen it blooming from Sept to March)
There are certain company premises where the best examples of these can be found.
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