SOME MEDICINAL WILDINGS 



woods from eastern Canada to Texas. It is from 

 forty to eighty feet high and identifiable by its shiny 

 green leaves (too often a prey to caterpillars) and 



Wild Chekry 

 (Prunus serotina) 



its close racemes of small white flowers succeeded 

 by small, black, juicy, flattened fruit with a bitter 

 but vinous flavor. An infusion of the dried bark 



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