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 supplejack, Alabama supplejack, Carolina supplejack, and American rattan,[2][3] is a woody vine in the buckthorn family native to the southeastern United States.[4] It is found in a wide variety of habitats, including swamps, bottomlands, streambanks, moist to dry upland forests, woodlands, glades, and prairies over calcareous rock or sediment.[2]
It is a woody vine, with older stems reaching 18 cm in diameter.[2] The strong stems of the plant are often used for wickerwork.[5]
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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Berchemia scandens (Supplejack) - Flora of the Southeastern United States". 2024-08-08. https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/main.php?pg=show-taxon-detail.php&lsid=urn:lsid:ncbg.unc.edu:taxon:%7B4A7228F3-B484-4AC3-A83B-2F739477E9DA%7D.
- ↑ "USDA Plants Database - Berchemia scandens". 2024-08-08. https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=besc.
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "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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