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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Nerium oleander

Common Name
Oleander, Lurek, Adelfa, Laurier, Diflah, Laurier Tropical, Zakkum, Laurier Rose, Aghu, Laurier Des Jardins, Zhalah, Laurel Rosa, Rosa Del Peru, Defla, Berberia, Bunga jepun (Japanese flower), Piruli, Rosa Francesa, Alelia, Flor Del Peru

Activities

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Aposteme Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Atheroma Kurdistan Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Carcinoma Cuba Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cardiac Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cardiac Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Cardiotonic Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Cardiotonic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cardiotonic Elsewhere *
Cardiotonic Elsewhere *
Cardiotonic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Corn Cuba Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cyanogenetic US *
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Emetic Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Epithelioma Puerto Rico Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Eruption Elsewhere *
Fatality Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Homicide Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.