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Lindera benzoin (commonly called spicebush, [2] common spicebush, [3] northern spicebush, [4] wild allspice, [5] or Benjamin bush) [2] is a shrub in the laurel family. It is native to eastern North America , growing in the understory in moist, rich woods.
Dried fruits of Lindera neesiana used as spice (coll.MHNT) Lindera is a genus of about 80–100 [1] species of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae, mostly native to eastern Asia but with three species in eastern North America. [1] [2] The species are shrubs and small trees; [2] common names include spicewood, spicebush, and Benjamin bush.
Lindera obtusiloba, the blunt-lobed spice bush, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the laurel family Lauraceae, native to China, Korea and Japan.It is a spreading deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 6 m (20 ft) tall and wide, with glossy aromatic leaves and deep yellow flowers which appear in spring before the leaves. [1]
Styrax (common names storax or snowbell [1]) is a genus of about 130 species of large shrubs or small trees in the family Styracaceae, mostly native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the majority in eastern and southeastern Asia, but also crossing the equator in South America. [2]
The spicebush swallowtail derives its name from its most common host plant, the spicebush, members of the genus Lindera. The family to which spicebush swallowtails belong, Papilionidae, or swallowtails, include the largest butterflies in the world. The swallowtails are unique in that even while feeding, they continue to flutter their wings.
Lindera melissifolia, common name pondberry or southern spicebush, is a stoloniferous, deciduous, aromatic shrub in the laurel family.This endangered species is native to the southeastern United States, and its demise is associated with habitat loss from extensive drainage of wetlands for agriculture and forestry.
乌药, radix lindera, is present in the Compendium of Materia Medica and Kampo herb list.It is an ingredient in the traditional Chinese medicine pill Chaihu Shugan Wan against "stagnation of liver qi, distension of chest and hypochondria, indigestion, and acid eructation", and in the Lindera Combination Teapills (simpl.
Calycanthus floridus L.—Carolina spicebush, eastern sweetshrub, native to the Eastern United States, from New York and Missouri, south through the Appalachian Mountains, Piedmont, and Mississippi Valley, to Louisiana, and east to northern Florida [16] C. f. var. floridus (syn. C. mohrii)—eastern sweetshrub; twigs pubescent (hairy) [17]