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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 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.
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]
Lindera triloba is a plant species belonging to the genus Lindera. It is endemic to Japan, and is called Shiro-moji in Japanese. [2] Use.
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. 天台乌药丸, trad.
Lindera praecox, the February spicebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae, native to southern China, and Japan. [1] [2] A deciduous shrub typically 4.5 to 7.5 m (15 to 25 ft) tall, it is hardy to USDA Zone 8. [3] In the wild it is found in thickets on the slopes of hills and mountains, and on the banks of streams and ...
The spicebush (Lindera benzoin) is a different plant, in the family Lauraceae. Styrax trees grow to 2–14 m tall, and have alternate, deciduous or evergreen simple ovate leaves 1–18 cm long and 2–10 cm broad. The flowers are pendulous, with a white 5–10-lobed corolla, produced 3–30 together on open or dense panicles 5–25 cm long.