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

 Veratrum nigrum (Liliaceae)

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Common name(s)
Ellebore

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Analgesic China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Apoplexy China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Emetic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Poison China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Sclerosis(Spleen) Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Sternutatory China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
*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.