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Benzoin aestivale, Nees (Benzoin Benzoin, Coulter. B. odoriferum, Nees. Lindera Benzoin, Blume). Spice Bush. Benjamin Bush. Wild Allspice. Fever Bush. Fig. 537. Shrub, 6-15 ft., nearly glabrous: Lvs. oblong- obovate, finely ciliate, bright green, pale beneath, 3-5 in. long: fls. yellow, before the Lvs.: berry red, oblong, spicy. New Eng. southward and west to Kan. Em. 365.—The bark is aromatic, stimulant, tonic, astringent; the fr. is likewise used medicinally. The shrub is attractive in early spring with its yellow, small, but numerous fls., and handsome in autumn with its foliage turning clear yellow and studded with the scarlet frs.
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Benzoin aestivale, Nees (Benzoin Benzoin, Coulter. B. odoriferum, Nees. Lindera Benzoin, Blume). Spice Bush. Benjamin Bush. Wild Allspice. Fever Bush. Fig. 537. Shrub, 6-15 ft., nearly glabrous: Lvs. oblong- obovate, finely ciliate, bright green, pale beneath, 3-5 in. long: fls. yellow, before the Lvs.: berry red, oblong, spicy. New Eng. southward and west to Kan. Em. 365.—The bark is aromatic, stimulant, tonic, astringent; the fr. is likewise used medicinally. The shrub is attractive in early spring with its yellow, small, but numerous fls., and handsome in autumn with its foliage turning clear yellow and studded with the scarlet frs.
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