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Tutsan
Hypericum androsaemum
43.7788, 11.2613
Field Notes
Description:
Hypericum androsaemum, commonly known as sweet-amber or tutsan, is a plant in the genus Hypericum native to open woods and hillsides in Eurasia. It is a perennial shrub reaching up to 1.5 m in height.
Habitat:
Spotted in Orto Botanico di Firenze (Botanical Garden of Florence) in Italy.
Notes:
The common name tutsan appears to be a corruption of toute saine literally meaning all-healthy. This is probably in reference to its healing properties. The leaves were applied to wounds, and as a stomachic. Nicholas Culpeper, in his 1653 publication Culpeper's Complete Herbal, says "Tutsan purgeth choleric humours ... both to cure sciatica and gout, and to heal burnings by fire." The berries which turn from white/green, to red, to black are poisonous.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2016
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