Rogów, Arboretum SGGW

Native to the United States from the Atlantic coast north to New York state and west to Michigan and Kansas. Ornamental plant. Edible plant - the fruits raw or cooked, very tasteful! Herbal plant - the fruits are used as a laxative, the leaves are diuretic applied internally, applied externally to boils, ulcers and abscesses; the seeds contain the alkaline asiminine, which is emetic and narcotic, powdered are applied to hair to kill lice; the bark is a bitter tonic, it contains the alkaline analobine, which is used medicinally. Usable plant - used as a pioneer species on clear-cut land; a yellow dye is made from the ripe flesh of the fruit; wood is light, soft, weak, spongy, coarse grained.