Biology:Berchemia scandens
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Berchemia scandens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Berchemia |
| Species: | B. scandens
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| Binomial name | |
| Berchemia scandens (Hill) K. Koch[1]
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Berchemia scandens, commonly called Alabama supplejack,[2] is a species of climbing plant in the buckthorn family. It is native to the central and southern parts of the United States .[3] It is found in a wide variety of habitats, including swamps, bottomlands, riparian banks, and upland calcareous areas.[4]
It is a woody vine, with older stems reaching 18 cm in diameter.[4] The strong stems of the plant are often used for wickerwork.[5] It produces flowers in the spring
Traditional medicinal uses
The Houma people used a decoction of the aerial parts of the vine for impotency. Other Native Americans used the plant as a blood purifier and the ashes of the vine to treat coughs.[6]
References
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- ↑ "Berchemia scandens (Hill) K.Koch". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2674762.
- ↑ "Berchemia scandens". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=besc. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ↑ "Berchemia scandens", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Berchemia%20scandens.png, retrieved 9 January 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Alan Weakley (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States". http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm.
- ↑ "Berchemia scandens". Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=286319&isprofile=0&.
- ↑ Moerman, Daniel (2009). Native American Medicinal Plants: An Ethnobotanical Dictionary. Timber Press.
Wikidata ☰ Q4891098 entry
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