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Ilex vomitoria

January 01, 1970

Ilex vomitoria, commonly known as yaupon (/ˈjɔːpɒn/) or yaupon holly, is a species of holly that is native to southeastern North America.[2] The word yaupon was derived from the Catawban yą́pą, from yą- tree + pą leaf.[3] Another common name, cassina, was borrowed from Timucua[4] (despite this, it usually refers to Ilex cassine). The Latin name comes from an observation by early Europeans that the ingestion of the plant was followed by vomiting in certain ceremonies.

Ilex vomitoria
Foliage and fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Aquifoliales
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Genus: Ilex
Species:
I. vomitoria
Binomial name
Ilex vomitoria
Natural range

The plant was traditionally used by Native Americans to make an infusion containing caffeine. It is only one of two known plants endemic to North America that produce caffeine. The other (containing 80% less) is Ilex cassine, commonly known as dahoon holly.[5] Yaupon is also widely used for landscaping in its native range.

Description edit

Yaupon holly is an evergreen shrub or small tree reaching 5–9 m tall, with smooth, light gray bark and slender, hairy shoots. The leaf arrangement is alternate, with leaves ovate to elliptical and a rounded apex with crenate or coarsely serrated margin, 1–4.5 cm long and 1–2 cm broad, glossy dark green above, slightly paler below. The flowers are 5–5.5 mm diameter, with a white four-lobed corolla. The fruit is a small round, shiny, and red (occasionally yellow) drupe 4–6 mm diameter containing four pits, which are dispersed by birds eating the fruit. The species may be distinguished from the similar Ilex cassine by its smaller leaves with a rounded, not acute apex.[6][7][8][9][10]

Habitat and range edit

I. vomitoria occurs in the United States from the Eastern Shore of Virginia south to Florida and west to Oklahoma[9] and Texas. A disjunct population occurs in the Mexican state of Chiapas.[2] It generally occurs in coastal areas in well-drained sandy soils, and can be found on the upper edges of brackish and salt marshes, sandy hammocks, coastal sand dunes, inner-dune depressions, sandhills, maritime forests, nontidal forested wetlands, well-drained forests and pine flatwoods.[6]

Ecology edit

 
An eastern bluebird eating the bright red berries from an Ilex vomitoria

The fruit are an important food for many birds, including Florida duck, American black duck, mourning dove, ruffed grouse, bobwhite quail, wild turkey, northern flicker, sapsuckers, cedar waxwing, eastern bluebird, American robin, gray catbird, northern mockingbird, and white-throated sparrow. Mammals that eat the fruit include nine-banded armadillo, American black bear, gray fox, raccoon and skunks. The foliage and twigs are browsed by white-tailed deer.[6]

Cultivation and uses edit

Human consumption edit

See also: black drink

Some Native American tribes brew the leaves and stems to create an herbal tea, commonly called black drink. Historically the ceremonial consumption often included vomiting, and Europeans deduced that yaupon caused it (hence the Latin name - Ilex vomitoria).[11] The active ingredients, like those of the related yerba mate and guayusa plants, are caffeine, theobromine, and theophylline;[12][13] the vomiting may have resulted from the great quantities in which they drank the beverage, coupled with fasting.[6][14]

Native Americans may have also used the infusion as a laxative.[15] Ilex vomitoria usage by colonists for tea making and for medicinal uses in the Carolinas is documented by the early 18th century. In the English-speaking colonies, it was known variously as cassina, yaupon tea, Indian tea, Carolina tea, and Appalachian tea. Recently, the process of drying the leaves for consumption has been adopted by modern Americans, and yaupon is now commercially available.[16][17][18][19]

Ornamental edit

Ilex vomitoria is a common landscape plant in the Southeastern United States. The most common cultivars are slow-growing shrubs popular for their dense, evergreen foliage and their adaptability to pruning into hedges of various shapes. These include:

  • 'Folsom Weeping' – weeping cultivar
  • 'Grey's Littleleaf'/'Grey's Weeping' – weeping cultivar
  • 'Nana'/'Compacta' – dwarf female clone usually remaining below 1 m in height.
  • 'Pride of Houston' – female clone similar to type but featuring improvements in form, fruiting, and foliage.
  • 'Schilling's Dwarf'/'Stokes Dwarf' – dwarf male clone that grows no more than 0.6 m tall and 1.2 m wide.[20]
  • 'Will Fleming' – male clone featuring a columnar growth habit.
  • 'Pendula' – "weeping" variety. Has the highest caffeine content.

See also edit

  • Ilex paraguariensis or yerba mate – a caffeinated holly native to subtropical South America.
  • Ilex guayusa or guayusa – a caffeinated holly native to the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest.
  • Kuding – a Chinese tisane made from I. kudingcha
  • Yaupon Beach, North Carolina - a former town and current neighborhood of Oak Island, North Carolina.

References edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ilex vomitoria.
 
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  1. ^ Stritch, L. (2018). "Ilex vomitoria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T62390A47600649. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T62390A47600649.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Ilex vomitoria". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  3. ^ "yaupon". Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Merriam-Webster, Inc. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  4. ^ Cutler, Charles L. (2000). O Brave New Words!: Native American Loanwords in Current English. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 10, 163, 215. ISBN 978-0-8061-3246-4.
  5. ^ Edwards, Adam L.; Bennett, Bradley C. (2005). "Diversity of Methylxanthine Content in Ilex cassine L. and Ilex vomitoria Ait.: Assessing Sources of the North American Stimulant Cassina". Economic Botany. 59 (3): 275–285. doi:10.1663/0013-0001(2005)059[0275:DOMCII]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4256992. S2CID 40377478.
  6. ^ a b c d "Yaupon Ilex vomitoria" (PDF). USDA Plant Guide.
  7. ^ "Florida's Hollies". Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
  8. ^ Martin, C.O.; Mott, S.P. (1997). "Section 7.5.10 Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria)". (PDF). Vicksburg, MS: U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station. Technical Report EL-97-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-11.
  9. ^ a b . Oklahoma Biological Survey. Archived from the original on 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
  10. ^ "Ilex vomitoria". Bioimages. Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  11. ^ Hudson, Charles, M (1979). Black Drink: A Native American Tea. University of Georgia Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Q. Ping Dou (24 May 2019). Tea in Health and Disease. MDPI. p. 103. ISBN 978-3-03897-986-9.
  13. ^ Crown PL, Emerson TE, Gu J, Hurst WJ, Pauketat TR, Ward T (August 2012). "Ritual Black Drink consumption at Cahokia". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 109 (35): 13944–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.1208404109. PMC 3435207. PMID 22869743.
  14. ^ Hudson, Charles M. (1976). The Southeastern Indians. University of Tennessee Press ISBN 0-87049-248-9.
  15. ^ Niering, William A.; Olmstead, Nancy C. (1985) [1979]. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region. Knopf. p. 338. ISBN 0-394-50432-1.
  16. ^ "Like Yerba Maté? Try Yaupon". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  17. ^ Highways, Texas. "Texas' Only Caffeinated Plant Makes a Buzzworthy Tea - Texas Highways". Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  18. ^ Carpenter, Murray. "Here's The Buzz On America's Forgotten Native 'Tea' Plant". NPR.org. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  19. ^ Stirn, Matt (24 February 2021). "Yaupon: The rebirth of America's forgotten tea". BBC Travel. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  20. ^ Flint, Harrison Leigh (1997). Landscape Plants for Eastern North America (2 ed.). John Wiley and Sons. pp. 282–283. ISBN 978-0-471-59919-7.

January 01, 1970
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Ilex vomitoria commonly known as yaupon ˈ j ɔː p ɒ n or yaupon holly is a species of holly that is native to southeastern North America 2 The word yaupon was derived from the Catawban ya pa from ya tree pa leaf 3 Another common name cassina was borrowed from Timucua 4 despite this it usually refers to Ilex cassine The Latin name comes from an observation by early Europeans that the ingestion of the plant was followed by vomiting in certain ceremonies Ilex vomitoria Foliage and fruit Conservation status Least Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Eudicots Clade Asterids Order Aquifoliales Family Aquifoliaceae Genus Ilex Species I vomitoria Binomial name Ilex vomitoriaSol ex Aiton Natural range The plant was traditionally used by Native Americans to make an infusion containing caffeine It is only one of two known plants endemic to North America that produce caffeine The other containing 80 less is Ilex cassine commonly known as dahoon holly 5 Yaupon is also widely used for landscaping in its native range Contents 1 Description 2 Habitat and range 3 Ecology 4 Cultivation and uses 4 1 Human consumption 4 2 Ornamental 5 See also 6 ReferencesDescription editYaupon holly is an evergreen shrub or small tree reaching 5 9 m tall with smooth light gray bark and slender hairy shoots The leaf arrangement is alternate with leaves ovate to elliptical and a rounded apex with crenate or coarsely serrated margin 1 4 5 cm long and 1 2 cm broad glossy dark green above slightly paler below The flowers are 5 5 5 mm diameter with a white four lobed corolla The fruit is a small round shiny and red occasionally yellow drupe 4 6 mm diameter containing four pits which are dispersed by birds eating the fruit The species may be distinguished from the similar Ilex cassine by its smaller leaves with a rounded not acute apex 6 7 8 9 10 Habitat and range editI vomitoria occurs in the United States from the Eastern Shore of Virginia south to Florida and west to Oklahoma 9 and Texas A disjunct population occurs in the Mexican state of Chiapas 2 It generally occurs in coastal areas in well drained sandy soils and can be found on the upper edges of brackish and salt marshes sandy hammocks coastal sand dunes inner dune depressions sandhills maritime forests nontidal forested wetlands well drained forests and pine flatwoods 6 Ecology edit nbsp An eastern bluebird eating the bright red berries from an Ilex vomitoria The fruit are an important food for many birds including Florida duck American black duck mourning dove ruffed grouse bobwhite quail wild turkey northern flicker sapsuckers cedar waxwing eastern bluebird American robin gray catbird northern mockingbird and white throated sparrow Mammals that eat the fruit include nine banded armadillo American black bear gray fox raccoon and skunks The foliage and twigs are browsed by white tailed deer 6 Cultivation and uses editHuman consumption edit See also black drink Some Native American tribes brew the leaves and stems to create an herbal tea commonly called black drink Historically the ceremonial consumption often included vomiting and Europeans deduced that yaupon caused it hence the Latin name Ilex vomitoria 11 The active ingredients like those of the related yerba mate and guayusa plants are caffeine theobromine and theophylline 12 13 the vomiting may have resulted from the great quantities in which they drank the beverage coupled with fasting 6 14 Native Americans may have also used the infusion as a laxative 15 Ilex vomitoria usage by colonists for tea making and for medicinal uses in the Carolinas is documented by the early 18th century In the English speaking colonies it was known variously as cassina yaupon tea Indian tea Carolina tea and Appalachian tea Recently the process of drying the leaves for consumption has been adopted by modern Americans and yaupon is now commercially available 16 17 18 19 Ornamental edit Ilex vomitoria is a common landscape plant in the Southeastern United States The most common cultivars are slow growing shrubs popular for their dense evergreen foliage and their adaptability to pruning into hedges of various shapes These include Folsom Weeping weeping cultivar Grey s Littleleaf Grey s Weeping weeping cultivar Nana Compacta dwarf female clone usually remaining below 1 m in height Pride of Houston female clone similar to type but featuring improvements in form fruiting and foliage Schilling s Dwarf Stokes Dwarf dwarf male clone that grows no more than 0 6 m tall and 1 2 m wide 20 Will Fleming male clone featuring a columnar growth habit Pendula weeping variety Has the highest caffeine content See also editIlex paraguariensis or yerba mate a caffeinated holly native to subtropical South America Ilex guayusa or guayusa a caffeinated holly native to the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest Kuding a Chinese tisane made from I kudingcha Yaupon Beach North Carolina a former town and current neighborhood of Oak Island North Carolina References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ilex vomitoria nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Ilex vomitoria Stritch L 2018 Ilex vomitoria IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018 e T62390A47600649 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2018 1 RLTS T62390A47600649 en Retrieved 19 November 2021 a b Ilex vomitoria Germplasm Resources Information Network Agricultural Research Service United States Department of Agriculture Retrieved 2011 09 19 yaupon Merriam Webster Online Dictionary Merriam Webster Inc Retrieved July 26 2020 Cutler Charles L 2000 O Brave New Words Native American Loanwords in Current English University of Oklahoma Press pp 10 163 215 ISBN 978 0 8061 3246 4 Edwards Adam L Bennett Bradley C 2005 Diversity of Methylxanthine Content in Ilex cassine L and Ilex vomitoria Ait Assessing Sources of the North American Stimulant Cassina Economic Botany 59 3 275 285 doi 10 1663 0013 0001 2005 059 0275 DOMCII 2 0 CO 2 JSTOR 4256992 S2CID 40377478 a b c d Yaupon Ilex vomitoria PDF USDA Plant Guide Florida s Hollies Florida Department of Environmental Protection Martin C O Mott S P 1997 Section 7 5 10 Yaupon Ilex vomitoria U S Army Corps of Engineers Wildlife Resources Management Manual PDF Vicksburg MS U S Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station Technical Report EL 97 16 Archived from the original PDF on 2007 06 11 a b Ilex vomitoria Oklahoma Biological Survey Archived from the original on 2008 10 16 Retrieved 2007 10 06 Ilex vomitoria Bioimages Vanderbilt University Retrieved 27 June 2019 Hudson Charles M 1979 Black Drink A Native American Tea University of Georgia Press a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Q Ping Dou 24 May 2019 Tea in Health and Disease MDPI p 103 ISBN 978 3 03897 986 9 Crown PL Emerson TE Gu J Hurst WJ Pauketat TR Ward T August 2012 Ritual Black Drink consumption at Cahokia Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109 35 13944 9 doi 10 1073 pnas 1208404109 PMC 3435207 PMID 22869743 Hudson Charles M 1976 The Southeastern Indians University of Tennessee Press ISBN 0 87049 248 9 Niering William A Olmstead Nancy C 1985 1979 The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers Eastern Region Knopf p 338 ISBN 0 394 50432 1 Like Yerba Mate Try Yaupon Atlas Obscura Retrieved 2018 05 25 Highways Texas Texas Only Caffeinated Plant Makes a Buzzworthy Tea Texas Highways Retrieved 2018 05 25 Carpenter Murray Here s The Buzz On America s Forgotten Native Tea Plant NPR org Retrieved 23 July 2017 Stirn Matt 24 February 2021 Yaupon The rebirth of America s forgotten tea BBC Travel Retrieved 24 October 2023 Flint Harrison Leigh 1997 Landscape Plants for Eastern North America 2 ed John Wiley and Sons pp 282 283 ISBN 978 0 471 59919 7 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ilex vomitoria amp oldid 1213763033, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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