Bitter Root
(Apocynum androsaemifolium)
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Bitter Root ...
The bitter root can be dried to make a substitute for coffee, a practice that was common during the rationing of the Second World War.
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Synonyms: bitter root, bitterwort, gentian root, pale gentian, yellow gentian
Order: Gentianaceae ...
Infusions from the bitter root of Culver's root were used medicinally by Native Americans and early European settlers, and the plant derives its common name from an early American physician who advocated its use.
Little Plum Bitter Root [English]: Lewisia 'Little Plum'
Little Plum Cliff Maids [English]: Lewisia longipetala
Little Plum Crape Myrtle [English]: Lagerstroemia indica 'Little Plum'
Little Plum Lewisia [English]: Lewisia cotyledon 'Little Plum' ...
Medical Uses: The bitter root has long been used as a tonic and is known to be an appetite stimulant. The Cherokee used it as a tonic, cathartic and laxative as well as to treat a weak stomach and, oddly, hysterical affections.(Hamel/Chiltoskey) ...
" He collected his first whole plant on 1 July 1806, at the mouth of the Lolo River of the Bitterroot Valley. French trappers called the plant racime amere or Bitter Root, & the very mountain range was named for the plant.
Common Dogbane, "Common" because it beats trying to translate the GrecoLatin; "dogbane" an ancient name.
Other common names include Spreading Dogbane, Milkweed, Bitter Root, Fly-Trap, Apocyn à Feuilles d'Androsème (Fr) ...
Bishop's Hat (Astrophytum myriostigma columnare)
Bishop's Hat (Epimedium x youngianum 'Roseum')
Bishop's Mitre (Epimedium x youngianum 'Roseum')
Bitter Orange (Poncirus trifoliata)
Bitter Root (Lewisia cotyledon)
Bitterbark (Rhamnus purshianus) ...
Philippines use the bitter root as an aperitive and tonic (Perry, 1980). Angolans use the mucilaginous leaves as an emollient and as a soothing cough remedy. Central Africans poultice the leaves on abscesses.
 See also: May, Medic, Green, Gentian, India
  
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