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Nyssa sylvatica, Marsh. (N. multiflora, Wang.). Tupelo. Pepperidge. Black Gum. Sour Gum. Figs. 2558, 2559. Tree, to 100 ft., with slender pendulous branches forming a flat-topped usually cylindrical head, sometimes low and broad, or in crowded trees pyramidal: Lvs. usually entire, obovate or oval, mostly acute or acuminate, lustrous above, pubescent on the veins or glabrous at maturity beneath, 2-4 in. long: staminate fls. in compound heads; pistillates larger, 2 or several: fr. ⅓-⅔ in. long, nearly black, acid, with an ovoid stone, little flattened. Maine and Ont. to Mich., to Fla. and Texas. G.F. 3:491; 7:275. F.E. 14, pi. 32. S.S. 5:217.
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==Cultivation==


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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->

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