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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Nerium indicum

Common Name
Kyotiku-To; Oleander

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Insecticide India *
Larvicide India *
Leprosy Nepal Singh, M.P., et al. 1979. Medicinal plants of Nepal - Retrospects and prospects. Economic Botany 33(2): 185-198.
Leprosy Nepal *
Menorrhagia India(Santal) *
Narcotic India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Ophthalmia India *
Phthisis India(Santal) *
Piles India *
Poison India *
Poison China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Poison Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Psoriasis India *
Resolvent India *
Ringworm India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Ringworm China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Skin India *
Skin Hawaii *
Sore India *
Suicide India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.