Leaves - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 62836 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 46.01 AQUIFOLIACEAE Ilex cassine | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Leaves | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | United Kingdom | TDWG Region | United Kingdom | ||
| Parts Held | Leaves | Geography Description | Great Britain, RBG Kew | ||
| Uses | LeavesUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Hort Kew 1852 Native of Florida A handsome North American shrub, extending along the sea-coast from Carolina to Florida. The use of this plant is thus described :- 'The leaves are used by the Indians to make their black drink so much in use, amongst them, not only as a medicine but as a drink of etiquette in their councils when matters of consequence are to be transacted. At a certain time of the year the Indians come down in droves from a distance of some hundred miles to the coast for the, leaves of this tree, which is not known to grow at any considerable distance from the sea-shore. They make a fire on the ground, and, putting a great kettle of water on it. they throw in a large quanity of these leaves and seating themselves round thefire, , from a bowl that holds a pint they begin drinking large draughts, which in a very short time occasions them to vomit easily and freely ; thus they continue drinking and vomiting for the space of two or three days, until they sufficiently cleansed themse, lves, and then, every one taking a bundle of the branches to carry away with him, they all return to their habitations. | ||||