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Pinckneya pubens   Listen
Pinckneya pubens

noun
1.
Ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever.  Synonyms: bitter-bark, fever tree, Georgia bark.





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... 343. PINCKNEYA PUBENS.—This cinchonaceous plant is a native of the Southern States and has a reputation as an antiperiodic. It is stated that incomplete examinations have detected cinchonine in the bark. It has been used successfully ...
— Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture • William Saunders


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