Daphne oleoides - Olive-leaved daphne

Olive-leaved daphne (Daphne oleoides) is a low evergreen shrub of southern Europe, North Africa, and West Asia to the Himalayas, growing 0.1-0.5 m tall and wide.¹ All parts of the plant are poisonous, and its sap can irritate skin, so it is not used as a food.²¹ Its roots are used as a purgative, and its bark and leaves are applied to the skin medicinally.²

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7²
• Hardiness zone 8²
• Hardiness zone 9²
• Hardiness zone 10²
• Full sun²
• Well drained soil²

Outputs

• Medicinal use²

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.1-0.5
Diameter (m)	0.1-0.5

Footnotes

1. Daphne oleoides | RHS ↩ ↩²

2. Daphne oleoides | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹