Latin name:
Acer saccharum
Marsh.
Botanical family:
Aceraceae
Growth habit:
Tree
Vernacular name(s):
sugar maple (Eng.)
érable à sucre (Fr.)
a'nina'tig (Ojibwa)
Uses:
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Sap :
Used as a tonic [55]. Used with a decoction of Caltha palustris as a cough syrup [Ojibwa 88].
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Bark :
Used as a tonic or physic [91].