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Bayberry grows in thickets near swamps and marshes in the sand-belt near the Atlantic coast and on the shores of Lake Erie. Its height is from 3 to 8 feet, its leaves lanceolate, shining or resinous, dotted on both sides, its flowers unisexual without calyx or corolla, and its fruit small groups of globular berries, having numerous black grains crusted with greenish-white wax. These are persistent for two or three years. The leaves are very fragrant when rubbed. Bayberry Bark of Root Historically has been used in treating diarrhea, dysentery, colitis, chronic catarrh of sinuses, as female problems, mouth sores and bleeding spongy gums.
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