Plants with toxic alkaloids - University of Washington

Plants with Cardiac Glycosides
Nerium oleander is an evergreen shrub in the
dogbane family Apocynaceae, toxic in all its
parts. Name oleander comes from its
superficial resemblance to the unrelated olive
Olea europea leaf
Among the cardiac glycosides are
oleandrin and oleandrigenin, which are
known to be toxic when ingested. Dogs and
humans, are relatively sensitive to the effects
of cardiac glycosides and the clinical
manifestations of "glycoside intoxication”.