Hero Form Appearance: A deceptively stylish outfit that mixes a playboy prince’s tuxedo with YuYuYu’s Hero Form outfits. The undersuit of the outfit is a jet black, which helps the yellow stand out more. The base palette of the outfit starts out yellow, but the more you make your way towards the sleeves, tailcoat, and pants, it gradually fades to green, and then to a dark teal. The boots are knee high, and a shade of teal that doesn’t clash with the rest of the outfit. The gloves, which have yellow oleander embroidery, are the only accessories alongside the now yellow oleander themed hair tie, earrings, and circlet. The yellow oleander’s petal shape can be seen in the tailcoat and sleeves.
Full Bloom Gauge Location: Left Thigh
Guardian: Nixis (Based on Male Nixies)
Favorite Food: High End Poke (WITH SUSHI GRADE AHI TUNA)
Parallel To: None
Bio: He is an elegant warrior who serves as one of Frieza's two aids, being the higher ranked out of himself and Dodoria. He is named after the Japanese word for Pomelo, and he claims to have an entire collection of pin up calendars with girls on them… alongside various other questionable things. Oh, and his monstrous form is something you don’t wanna trigger.
Family: Apocynaceae
Habitat: Tropical, subtropical, and temperate climates, usually in dry, sunny locations and dry streambeds.
Native to: Mediterranean areas
Common Names: Rose laurel, be-still tree
In AD 77 Pliny the Elder described the oleander as “and evergreen, bearing a strong resemblance to the rose-tree, and throwing out numerous branches from the stem; to beasts of burden, goats, and sheep it is poisonous, but for man it is an antidote against the venom of serpents.”
Pliny may have been the most influential botanist of his time, but he was wrong about the oleander. The only relief it would provide a snakebite victim would be a swift and merciful death. This highly toxic shrub is popular in warm climates around the world for its red, pink, yellow, or white blossoms. Because it is so widespread, it has been implicated in a surprising number of murders and accidental deaths over the years. One popular legend is that campers have died after grilling meat over the campfire on skewers made from oleander twigs. This tale is unconfirmed, but the poisons in the sap and bark of oleander could easily contaminate food.
Oleander contains oleandrin, a cardiac glycoside that brings on nausea, vomiting, severe weakness, irregular pulse, and a decreased heart rate that leads quickly to death. It is also toxic to animals: in spite of the leaves’ bitter taste, a cat or dog might be tempted to nibble on them. Inhaling the smoke from burning oleander wood can be highly irritating, and even honey made from the plant’s nectar can be poisonous. A study of compost made from oleander showed that oleanderin remains in the compost at detectable levels for three hundred days but that vegetables growing in the compost don’t absorb the toxins.
Children are particularly at risk because it takes only a few leaves to kill them. In 2000 two toddlers in Southern California were found dead in their cribs after chewing on the leaves. Just a few months later, a woman in Southern California tried to collect on her husband’s life insurance by putting the leaves in his food. He went to the hospital with severe gastrointestinal problems, but he survived. As he was recuperating, his wife finished the job by offering him Gatorade laced with antifreeze. She is now one of fifteen women on California’s death row, and the only one who attempted murder with a plant.
Oleander-related suicide attempts turn up regularly in medical literature; particularly among nursing-home patients, probably because the plant is popular in landscapes and is well known among elderly people as a poisonous plant. In Sri Lanka a related plant called the yellow oleander (Thevetia peruviana) has become the most common method of suicide, particularly among women. Recent studies of the problem sampled over nineteen hundred hospital patients who had poisoned themselves with yellow oleander seeds. Although only about 5 percent of the patients died, the elderly were particularly successful. This may have been due to their frailty, or to their determination, as they tended to ingest more seeds than younger people.
Unfortunately, oleander also has a reputation as a medicinal plant, leading people suffering from certain kinds of cancer or heart problems to attempt an oleander soup or tea from recipes they find online. This practice is very dangerous. Although there have been attempts to market an extract called Anvirzel in the United States, it has not received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Hero Form Appearance: A brutish outfit that mixes a gladiator’s armor with YuYuYu’s Hero Form outfits. The undersuit of the outfit is a jet black, which helps the yellow stand out more. The base palette of the outfit starts out yellow, but the more you make your way towards the sleeves, tailcoat, and pants, it gradually fades to orange, and then to a dark pink. The boots are more knee high than usual, and a shade of pink that doesn’t clash with the rest of the outfit. The arm braces, which are the only other accessories of the outfit, go well with the yellow oleander themed earrings. The yellow oleander’s petal shape can be seen in the tailcoat and sleeves.
Full Bloom Gauge Location: Stomach
Guardian: Dropson (Based on the Drop Bear)
Favorite Food: Steak Tartare
Parallel To: None
Bio: Dodoria is a ruthless warrior and serves alongside Zarbon- one of Frieza's top two highest-ranking Generals and right-hand men. His name comes from the Japanese word for the durian fruit. Plus, there are rumors that he may be a girl (Which is false)…
FDA analysis has determined that certain dietary supplements labeled as tejocote (Crataegus mexicana) root are adulterated because they were
Summary: this is an update to an earlier notice about supplements that have unreported yellow oleander (which is poisonous to people). If you use a tejocote root / Brazil seed / Mexican hawthorn / Crataegus mexicana / Raiz de Tejocote supplement, you will want to visit the link and read this notice in full, because not all the manufacturers could be reached, and some of them declined to issue a recall for an affected product.
In particular, please look at the table at the link, as tables cannot currently be imported on Tumblr, and 22 entries is more than I think I can safely copy and paste without introducing error!
"March 11, 2026
The FDA has added one additional product containing toxic yellow oleander to this Safety Alert. The complete list of products can be found in the chart below.
The agency is reminding consumers to avoid these products because they have been tested and found to contain toxic yellow oleander and can cause neurologic, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular adverse health effects that may be severe, or even fatal.
Earlier announcement:
FDA analysis has determined that certain products labeled as tejocote (Crataegus mexicana) root or Brazil seed are adulterated because they contain yellow oleander (Thevetia peruviana) instead of the labeled ingredients. Yellow oleander is a poisonous plant native to Mexico and Central America and a toxic substance of concern to public health officials.
Recommendations for consumers
The FDA is advising consumers to stop using and dispose of these products.
The FDA advises consumers who have taken any of these products to contact their health care provider immediately, even if the products have not been used recently, so that an appropriate evaluation may be conducted.
Call 9-1-1 or get emergency medical help right away if you or someone in your care has serious side effects from these products.
Consumers can also contact the state poison control center.
Tested Products
The FDA is continuing to identify and test suspect products as part of our surveillance efforts."
Currently at least one tejocote root or Brazil seed product of 22 different manufacturers has been found to contain (toxic) yellow oleander.
"Summary and Scope of the Problem
In September 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report of several tejocote root products found to be substituted with yellow oleander, a toxic substance. Based on this report, the FDA initiated an investigation to sample and test additional tejocote root products. As part of FDA’s ongoing surveillance sampling efforts, we continue to test products; those found to contain yellow oleander are listed above.
Based on the FDA’s sampling and testing results thus far, the FDA is also concerned that other products marketed as tejocote root (including with other names such as Crataegus mexicana, Raiz de Tejocote, and Mexican Hawthorn) may contain yellow oleander. Consuming yellow oleander can cause severe adverse health effects and be potentially fatal.
Actions
The FDA is actively working with the third-party platforms where these products are sold.
The FDA’s investigation is ongoing, and the FDA will continue to provide information on any further actions as it becomes available. Products may be added to this advisory. The FDA is working to further address the concerns related to these products and monitoring the market for adverse events, product complaints, and other emerging issues."
Earlier updates showing the history of this problem can be found at the link.
Effect of Oil Extraction Method on the Functional Properties of Biodiesels of Selected Oilseeds
Gbashi M. Samuel | Yanshio T. Emmauel | Kingsley N. Nwankwo ""Effect of Oil Extraction Method on the Functional Properties of Biodiesels of Selected Oilseeds""
Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-6 , October 2019,
Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/mechanical-engineering/25252/effect-of-oil-extraction-method-on-the-functional-properties-of-biodiesels-of-selected-oilseeds/gbashi-m-samuel
engineering journal, open access journal of chemistry, indexed journal
Owing to the rise in demand for petroleum and environmental concerns, the search for alternative fuels has gained prominence. This study examined the effect of the method of extraction of the base oil on the functional properties of biodiesel produced from Jatropha, Yellow oleander and Castor oilseeds. The study revealed that the method of extraction had significant effect on the properties of the oil extracted and hence the biodiesel produced from the oil. Hydrogenation during oven heating after solvent extraction affected the unsaturation of the base oils and the biodiesels produced from them. The kinematic viscosities of the biodiesel samples obtained from the oil samples extracted by solvent extraction were generally higher than those obtained from the oil samples extracted by mechanical extraction. The flash and fire points of the biodiesel samples obtained from the oil samples extracted by solvent extraction were higher than that obtained from the oil samples extracted by mechanical extraction. The pour points of the biodiesels produced from the oils extracted by mechanical extraction were lower than those produced from the oils extracted by solvent extraction.
