Krugiodendron ferreum (Vahl) Urb.

	I	
		II
The New York
Botanical Garden copyright reserved
Ocm 1
5 6 7 8 9 10
The Flora and Ethnobotany of Long Island, Bahamas
Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium (MU)
Spccies
Family
Common Name
Description
Location/Habitat
Latitude
Uses/Comments
Collcctor(s)
Collection No
An: (Vahl)Urb.
Krugiodendron ferreum
Rhamnaceac
Iron Wood
Tree with purplish fruit.
Millertons settlement found along the border of a cemetary. Disturbed low
dry evergreen forest/coppice.
23°32’ 26” N	Longitude 75°15'21”W
Berries edible and are e;iten to give one ""blood" if have ""low blood."
Also eaten for anemia and iron Branches or roots often included in bush
tea remedies which are used to "strengthen the back,” "give one strength."
and as an aphrodisiac
Laurel Richey
98-282 Duplicates
Date
02480545
December 3. 1998
Plants Dried Using a Kerosene Heater
I'ouchersfor Laurel Richey's PhD Dissertation
02480545