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Viburnum prunifolium

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are simple, arranged oppositely, up to 9 cm long and 6 cm broad, oval, ovate or orbicular, wedge-shaped or rounded at base, serrate, acute, with serrated edges with a grooved and slightly winged red petiole 1.5 cm long; they turn red in fall. The leaves are superficially similar to
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is five-lobed, with rounded lobes, imbricate in bud; the five stamens alternate with the corolla lobes, the filaments slender, the anthers pale yellow, oblong, two-celled, the cells opening longitudinally; the ovary is inferior, one-celled, with a thick, pale green style and a flat stigma and a
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1 cm long, dark blue-black with glaucous bloom, hangs until winter, becomes edible after being frosted, then eaten by birds; the stone is flat and even, broadly oval. Wherever it lives, black haw prefers sunny
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growing to 2–9 metres (7–30 ft) tall with a short crooked trunk and stout spreading branches; in the northern parts of its range, it is a shrub, becoming a small tree in the southern parts of its range. The
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Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 31
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Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 26, 80
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Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 62
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is reddish-brown, very rough on old stems. The branchlets are red at first, then green, finally dark brown tinged with red. The winter
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It has both value in the pleasure garden, providing good fall color and early winter provender for birds, and medicinal properties.
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combine the root bark with leaves of other plants and use it to strengthen female reproductive tract or use the root bark in a
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The chemicals in black haw do relax the uterus and therefore probably prevent miscarriage; however, the salicin may be
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The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants: A practical reference guide to more than 550 key medicinal plants and their uses
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single ovule. The flowers are borne in flat-topped cymes 10 cm in diameter in mid to late spring. The
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Wallis, Wilson D., 1922, Medicines Used by the Micmac Indians, American Anthropologist 24:24-30, page 28
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Like many other plants, including many food plants and those used as culinary herbs, black haw contains
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to that substance should not use black haw. In addition, due to the connection between aspirin and
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Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2020).
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of black haw to treat gynecological conditions, including menstrual cramps, aiding recovery after
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are creamy white, 9 mm diameter; the calyx is urn-shaped, five-toothed, persistent; the
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is brown tinged with red; heavy, hard, close-grained with a specific gravity of 0.8332.
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Healing Herbs: The Ultimate Guide to the Curative Power of Nature's Medicine
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For centuries, black haw has been used for medical purposes, mainly for
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Black haw is not on the "generally recognized as safe list" of the
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conditions. The bark is the part of the plant used in treatments.
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of it to prevent recurrent spasms, use the root bark as a
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Plants used in traditional Native American medicine
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Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Asterids
Dipsacales
Adoxaceae
Viburnum
Binomial name
L.

Viburnum
North America
Connecticut
Kansas
Alabama
Texas

deciduous
shrub
tree
bark
buds
tomentum

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