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> yaupon holly Its Latin name is unfortunate, though.

• IndrekR 2y ago
  Ilex vomitoria
  • baerrie 2y ago
    It was named this way because colonialists thought it was what was primarily used in Cherokee medicine that caused vomiting. In reality it may have merely just have been one ingredient or not used at all. The berries also cause stomach upset
• mmmBacon 2y ago
  According to Wikipedia the Latin name was given for a reason. * 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]*