Nerium oleander is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the dogbane family Apocynaceae. It is commonly
known as oleander but has many other names like Nerium indicum Mill. and Nerium odorum Soland. The
present study was carried out for pharmacognostic evaluation, physical evaluation, and phytochemical
evaluation according to standard procedures. The leaves of Nerium oleander were collected, shade dried
and extraction was done by simple maceration method. The preliminary morphological studies,
macroscopic as well as microscopic evaluation, physical evaluation and preliminary phytochemical
screening for the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, carbohydrates, glycosides, tannins, terpenoids,
phenolics steroids and saponins for petroleum ether, chloroform, methanol and aqueous extracts of
Nerium oleander leaves were carried out. The physical evaluation was carried out for the determination
of petroleum ether soluble extractive value, methanol soluble extractive value, water soluble extractive
value; ash value includes total ash, acid insoluble ash and water soluble ash, moisture content, volatile oil
content for the leaves of Nerium oleander.