Origins: Along fence rows, roadsides, streamsides, pastures, and in dryed woods.

Uses: The bark is used primarily as flavoring agent. The drug is an excelent expectorant. Appalachian wild cherry bark tea is usd for cough, colds, and cholera.

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Origin:
Mexico
Medicinal  properties:
- Coughs (children)

1) A guide to medicinal plants of  Appalachia/ Krochmal, Arnold; Walter, Russel S.; Doughty, Richard M.: USA: U.S.D.A Forest Service:,1959

2) Armando González Stuart/ Plants Used in Mexican Plants Used in Mexican Traditional Medicine Traditional Medicine: Their Application and Effects In Traditional Healing Practices. - p. 44.