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Sambucus nigra

Common Name
Murver Agaci; Seiyo-Niwatoko; European Elder; Elderberry; Zovika; Khaman Kabir; Sauco; Elder Rind

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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
Poison Europe Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Psoriasis Elsewhere *
Purgative Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Repellant(Mole) Elsewhere *
Rheumatism Europe Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Rheumatism Elsewhere *
Rheumatism Europe Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Scalp Elsewhere *
Sclerosis(Breast) Yugoslavia(Bosnia) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Sore(Throat) Elsewhere *
Stimulant Elsewhere *
Stomachic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sudorific Elsewhere *
Sudorific Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Sudorific Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sudorific Europe Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Sudorific Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Syphilis Europe Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Syphilis Europe Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Wen UK Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.