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

 Sambucus nigra (Caprifoliaceae)

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Common name(s)
Murver Agaci; Seiyo-Niwatoko; European Elder; Elderberry; Zovika; Khaman Kabir; Sauco; Elder Rind

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Alterative Elsewhere *
Aperient Europe Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Asthma Elsewhere *
Bronchitis Elsewhere *
Catarrh Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cathartic Europe Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Cathartic France *
Cold Elsewhere *
Cyanogenetic Elsewhere *
Depurative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Depurative Elsewhere *
Diaphoretic Europe Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Diaphoretic Elsewhere *
Diaphoretic Europe Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Diaphoretic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Dropsy Europe Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Emetic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emetic Elsewhere *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.