Black Cherry (Wild)
Prunus serotina
About Black Cherry (Wild)
Black Cherry (Wild) (Prunus serotina) is a herb used in the Indigenous / Native American tradition to help with Cough, Fever, Digestive Issues, and Respiratory Issues. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Prunus serotina, commonly called black cherry, wild black cherry, rum cherry, or mountain black cherry, is a deciduous tree or shrub of the genus Prunus. Despite being called black cherry, it is not very closely related to the commonly cultivated cherries such as sweet cherry (P. avium), sour cherry (P. cerasus) and Japanese flowering cherries (P. serrulata, P. speciosa, P. sargentii, P. incisa, etc.) which belong to Prunus subg. Cerasus. Instead, P. serotina belongs to Prunus...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist