Hamamelidaceae Liquidambar styraciflua L.

Sweetgum

Cherokee - Drug, Sedative

Use documented by:
Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 74

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Scientific name: Liquidambar styraciflua L.
USDA symbol: LIST2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sweetgum
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Family (APG): Hamamelidaceae
Native American Tribe: Cherokee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Sedative
Notes: Gum used as a 'drawing plaster' and infusion of inner bark used for nervous patients.

RECRD: 88809 id: 20454

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