LITTLE REGARDED WILD FRUITS 



familiar May Apple, Wild Lemon or American ^fan- 

 drake {PodnplnjUum pelt alum, L.), a common herb, 

 with umbrella-like leaves sheeting the gromid in rich 



May Apple 

 (Podophyllum pel tat urn) 



woodlands and shady meadows throughout the region 

 east of the Alississippi from Canada to the Gulf. 

 The pear-shaped fruit, about the size of a butternut, 

 has claims to edibility. When green it exhales a 



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