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Platanus occidentalis L.

Platanaceae

MC ME SC North America (USA: Nebraska to Maine, Texas to Florida; Mexico: Coahuila and Tamaulipas to San Luis Potosi) int MW MC Eurasia (C and S Europa, Crimea)

MC ME SC

L[G]

sci->hel hyg->mes calc neut

cl dr (a tea can be made for infant rash, for cold, cough remedies, dietary, dermatological, gynecological, respiratory and gastrointestinal aids, bark ooze is used for washing of infect sore, it is emetic and purgative and is an ingredient in decoction for menstrual period, tea of the inner bark is used for measles and cough, the barktea with sweetgum, heart's-abustin-with-love, summer grape, beech, sawbrier and black gum is used for bad disease, used with Carolina hemlock and sawbrier in a decoction to aid in expelling afterbirth, for milky urine and dysentry) fw (fuel) pl (much planted in towns as withstands pollution because of rapidly flaking bark, ornamental, shade tree) pp ti (boxes, butcher's blocks, buttons, cabinet work, furniture, joinery, lumber, technical application, ties, vehicles, veneer sold as lacewood) ti(ob) (barge) tx (hairs from leaves and fruits can cause bronchical problems)

Platanus densicoma Dode p.p. Platanus glabrata Fernald Platanus occidentalis var. glabrata (Fernald) Sarg.

American planetree; American sycamore; butterwood, button-ball, button-wood, buttonball (USA); buttonball-tree, buttonwood, eastern sycomore, ghost tree; lacewood, plane-tree, planetree, sycamore (USA); water beech; western plane (USA)

platane d'Occident; boule de boutons, platane d'Amérique, platane de Virginie, platane occidental, sycomore

plátano de occidente, platano de Virginia

Abendländische Platane, Amerikanische Platane, Occidentalische Platane (german); platano americano (italian)

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Latin name	Platanus occidentalis L.
Family	Platanaceae
Distribution	MC ME SC North America (USA: Nebraska to Maine, Texas to Florida; Mexico: Coahuila and Tamaulipas to San Luis Potosi) int MW MC Eurasia (C and S Europa, Crimea)
North America distribution zone	MC ME SC
Height	L[G]
Foliage	D
Ecology	sci->hel hyg->mes calc neut
Use	cl dr (a tea can be made for infant rash, for cold, cough remedies, dietary, dermatological, gynecological, respiratory and gastrointestinal aids, bark ooze is used for washing of infect sore, it is emetic and purgative and is an ingredient in decoction for menstrual period, tea of the inner bark is used for measles and cough, the barktea with sweetgum, heart's-abustin-with-love, summer grape, beech, sawbrier and black gum is used for bad disease, used with Carolina hemlock and sawbrier in a decoction to aid in expelling afterbirth, for milky urine and dysentry) fw (fuel) pl (much planted in towns as withstands pollution because of rapidly flaking bark, ornamental, shade tree) pp ti (boxes, butcher's blocks, buttons, cabinet work, furniture, joinery, lumber, technical application, ties, vehicles, veneer sold as lacewood) ti(ob) (barge) tx (hairs from leaves and fruits can cause bronchical problems)
Synonym	Platanus densicoma Dode p.p. Platanus glabrata Fernald Platanus occidentalis var. glabrata (Fernald) Sarg.
English name	American planetree; American sycamore; butterwood, button-ball, button-wood, buttonball (USA); buttonball-tree, buttonwood, eastern sycomore, ghost tree; lacewood, plane-tree, planetree, sycamore (USA); water beech; western plane (USA)
French name	platane d'Occident; boule de boutons, platane d'Amérique, platane de Virginie, platane occidental, sycomore
Spanish name	plátano de occidente, platano de Virginia
Other name	Abendländische Platane, Amerikanische Platane, Occidentalische Platane (german); platano americano (italian)
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