The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 74 ILLINOIS NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY Circular 44 LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA L. Tulip tree. Magnoliaceae.—A straight, narrow-crowned tree of great height; bark of the trunk thin and scaly or, later, 2 inches thick and deeply furrowed; leaves dark green, shiny, 5 to 6 inches long and as wide, with 2 large, pointed lobes on each side and a deep, wide notch at the end, alternate, petioled; flowers greenish-white, inwardly orange-marked, large, showy, re- sembling a tulip blossom; fruit conelike and scaly, 2]/^ to 3 inches long. Bark, ta
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 74 ILLINOIS NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY Circular 44 LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA L. Tulip tree. Magnoliaceae.—A straight, narrow-crowned tree of great height; bark of the trunk thin and scaly or, later, 2 inches thick and deeply furrowed; leaves dark green, shiny, 5 to 6 inches long and as wide, with 2 large, pointed lobes on each side and a deep, wide notch at the end, alternate, petioled; flowers greenish-white, inwardly orange-marked, large, showy, re- sembling a tulip blossom; fruit conelike and scaly, 2]/^ to 3 inches long. Bark, taken from root, trunk, and branches, collected. An infrequent to com- mon tree southward from Vermilion and Hancock counties among oaks, hard maple, and beech. Contains the crystalline principle lirio- dendrin. Used as a simple or bitter tonic, aromatic, and diaphoretic.
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