Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.
Common names: Blackgum
Species details (USDA):
USDA NYSY
Documented uses
15 uses documented
Cherokee
Drug, Anthelmintic
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 26)
Cherokee
Drug, Anthelmintic
detail...
(Taylor, Linda Averill,
1940,
Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes,
Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University,
pages 47)
Cherokee
Drug, Antidiarrheal
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 26)
Cherokee
Drug, Emetic
detail...
(Taylor, Linda Averill,
1940,
Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes,
Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University,
pages 47)
Cherokee
Drug, Emetic
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 26)
Cherokee
Drug, Eye Medicine
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 26)
Cherokee
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Taylor, Linda Averill,
1940,
Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes,
Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University,
pages 47)
Cherokee
Drug, Gynecological Aid
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 26)
Cherokee
Drug, Other
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 26)
Cherokee
Drug, Pediatric Aid
detail...
(Taylor, Linda Averill,
1940,
Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes,
Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University,
pages 47)
Cherokee
Drug, Urinary Aid
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 26)
Chippewa
Other, Tools
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1933,
Some Chippewa Uses of Plants,
Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press,
pages 138)
Creek
Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
detail...
(Taylor, Linda Averill,
1940,
Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes,
Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University,
pages 47)
Houma
Drug, Anthelmintic
detail...
(Speck, Frank G.,
1941,
A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana,
Primitive Man 14:49-75,
pages 55)
Koasati
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Taylor, Linda Averill,
1940,
Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes,
Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University,
pages 47)