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| Oleander (Nerium oleander), an evergreen shrub of the family of Apocynaceae, native to India. In religious Islamic texts of the Mughal period, Paradise is described as an ideal garden with lush green vegetation and plenty of water. Taj Mahal's gardens were designed to be paradise on earth, filled with roses, daffodils, fruit trees in abundance. | ||||