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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen
| name = ''Triosetum''
| image = Triosteum perfoliatum.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = ''[[Triosteum perfoliatum]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Dipsacales]]
| familia = [[Caprifoliaceae]]
| genus = '''''Triosetum'''''
}}
'''''Triosteum''''', commonly known as '''horse gentian''' or, less commonly, '''feverwort''', is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]] which includes six species. It is in the [[Caprifoliaceae]] family.
It is a perennial plant which has an erect, round, hairy, fistular stem, 1 to 4 feet (0.3 to 1.2m) high, opposite ovate-lanceolate [[Entire leaf|entire]] leaves, and axillary whorls of brownish-purplish flowers. It is a native of [[North America]], occurring in rich woods from [[Canada]] to [[Alabama]] and west to [[Iowa]]. Its dried and roasted berries have been occasionally used as a substitute for coffee; but it is chiefly valued for its medicinal properties, its root acting as an emetic and mild [[cathartic]]. It is sometimes called '''Tinker's root''', being named after Dr. Tinker, who first brought it to notice.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_International_Encyclopedia]
==External links==
* [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Triostium+perfoliatum Tinker's root]
[[Category:Caprifoliaceae]]
{{Dipsacales-stub}}
| name = ''Triosetum''
| image = Triosteum perfoliatum.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = ''[[Triosteum perfoliatum]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Dipsacales]]
| familia = [[Caprifoliaceae]]
| genus = '''''Triosetum'''''
}}
'''''Triosteum''''', commonly known as '''horse gentian''' or, less commonly, '''feverwort''', is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]] which includes six species. It is in the [[Caprifoliaceae]] family.
It is a perennial plant which has an erect, round, hairy, fistular stem, 1 to 4 feet (0.3 to 1.2m) high, opposite ovate-lanceolate [[Entire leaf|entire]] leaves, and axillary whorls of brownish-purplish flowers. It is a native of [[North America]], occurring in rich woods from [[Canada]] to [[Alabama]] and west to [[Iowa]]. Its dried and roasted berries have been occasionally used as a substitute for coffee; but it is chiefly valued for its medicinal properties, its root acting as an emetic and mild [[cathartic]]. It is sometimes called '''Tinker's root''', being named after Dr. Tinker, who first brought it to notice.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_International_Encyclopedia]
==External links==
* [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Triostium+perfoliatum Tinker's root]
[[Category:Caprifoliaceae]]
{{Dipsacales-stub}}
