The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 LARIX LARIGINA (Du Roi) Koch. Larch, tamarack, American larch, hack- matack. Pinaceae.—A tall, pinelike, de- ciduous tree 25 to 60 feet tall; bark of the trunk separating into bright, reddish- brown, thin scales; foliage in the form of needles; needles slender, triangular, weak, 1/^ to ^ inch long, mostly in crowded bundles from lateral buds, falling in late autumn; fruit a small cone with a few rounded scales. The inner bark and the resinous exudate collected. Limited to the cold bogs in Lake and McHenry counties. Contains tannin
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 LARIX LARIGINA (Du Roi) Koch. Larch, tamarack, American larch, hack- matack. Pinaceae.—A tall, pinelike, de- ciduous tree 25 to 60 feet tall; bark of the trunk separating into bright, reddish- brown, thin scales; foliage in the form of needles; needles slender, triangular, weak, 1/^ to ^ inch long, mostly in crowded bundles from lateral buds, falling in late autumn; fruit a small cone with a few rounded scales. The inner bark and the resinous exudate collected. Limited to the cold bogs in Lake and McHenry counties. Contains tannin, a volatile oil, and a res- in. Used as a laxative, tonic, diuretic, and alterative.
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