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Callicarpa Americana - American Beauty Bush, French Mulberry - Identification & Pictures. Edible & Medicinal Foraging Guide
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Edible Plants & Mushrooms

Callicarpa americana

Callicarpa americana

  • Scientific Name: Callicarpa americana
  • Common Name(s): American Beauty Bush, French Mulberry
  • Edible: no
  • Medicinal: yes
  • Parts Used: root, fruit, leaf
  • crashdive123
    7 Sep, 2009

    Shrub; 3-6 feet. Leaves ovate-oblong, toothed; woolly beneath. Tiny whigish blue flowers in whorl-like cymes; June - August. Rich bule-violet berries in clusters, in leaf axils; October - November.
    Current Rating: 0.0000
    crashdive123
    7 Sep, 2009

    Where found: Rich thickets. N. Maryland to Florida; north to Arkansas, Oklahoma. Occurring only in the soughern part of our range (to n. Ark.), though Asian species of this genus are grown as ornamentals as far north as Boston. Easily recognized by the ticky, aromatic, opposite leaves and whorls of magenta fruits.
    Current Rating: 0.0000
    crashdive123
    7 Sep, 2009

    Uses: American Indians used root and leaf tea in steam baths for rheumatism, fevers, and malaria. Root tea used for dysentery, stomachaches. Root and berry tea used for colic. Formerly used in the South for dropsy and as a "blood purifier" in skin deseases.
    Current Rating: 0.0000

    Locations Found


    Georgia, US
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