. The drug plants of Illinois . FRASERA GAROLINENSIS Walt. American columbo, calumba. Gentia- naceae.—An erect, coarse, little-branched, smooth herb 3 to 7 feet tall, perennial; taproot large, spindle-shaped; stem stout; leaves lanceolate, on the stem 3 to 6 inches long, petioled, entire, 4 at a node; flowers yellowish white dotted with purple-brown, short-pedicelled, numerous in a large, terminal, cymose inflorescence; fruit an oval, flattened, few-seeded capsule. The root collected. Infrequent to rare but in all parts of the state in dry oak woods. Contains the bitter principle gentiopicrin
. The drug plants of Illinois . FRASERA GAROLINENSIS Walt. American columbo, calumba. Gentia- naceae.—An erect, coarse, little-branched, smooth herb 3 to 7 feet tall, perennial; taproot large, spindle-shaped; stem stout; leaves lanceolate, on the stem 3 to 6 inches long, petioled, entire, 4 at a node; flowers yellowish white dotted with purple-brown, short-pedicelled, numerous in a large, terminal, cymose inflorescence; fruit an oval, flattened, few-seeded capsule. The root collected. Infrequent to rare but in all parts of the state in dry oak woods. Contains the bitter principle gentiopicrin and gentisic acid. Used as an emetic, a cathartic, and a bitter tonic. I I
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