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Triosteum aurantiacum
Also called Early Horse Gentian, Coffee Tinker's Weed, Orange Fruit Horse Gentian, Scarlet Fruit Horse Gentian, Wild Coffee, Orange Fruited Horse Gentian
Triosteum aurantiacum, also known as orangefruit horse-gentian, is a perennial species of Triosteum native to North America.
Triosteum aurantiacum has been used to treat a variety of medical issues by Native Americans, and can be used as a coffee substitute when roasted.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Triosteum aurantiacum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
