Cornaceae Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.

Blackgum

Creek - Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy

Use documented by:
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 47

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Scientific name: Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
USDA symbol: NYSY (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Blackgum
Family: Cornaceae
Family (APG): Cornaceae
Native American Tribe: Creek
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tuberculosis Remedy
Notes: Decoction of bark used as a bath and taken for pulmonary tuberculosis.

RECRD: 90334 id: 24193

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