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USDA Yaupon Factsheet
YAUPON Ilex vomitoria Aiton Plant Symbol = ILVO Contributed by: USDA NRCS East Texas Plant Materials Center Photo courtesy:USDA/NRCS East Texas Plant Materials Center Caution: Ingestion of berries causes nausea and vomiting. Yaupon is the only plant native to North America that contains caffeine. Alternate Names Yaupon holly, cassena, cassina, cassine, evergreen cassena, evergreen holly, Indian black drink, Christmas berry. Uses Ethnobotanical: Native Americans in the southeastern United States used this plant extensively. They used the wood to build arrows, and roasted leaves and shoots to make a dark, tea like drink called "black drink". This drink was used...
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Where Does Yaupon Grow? An Inside Look at Yaupon's Natural Range
Yaupon is North America's only native caffeinated plant species, and it has been consumed by Native American tribes for at least 10,000 years. Traditionally, the natural range of Yaupon extends from East Texas in the west, to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the east.
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Where Does Yaupon Grow? An Inside Look of Yaupon's Natural Range
While Yaupon's cousin, the Yerba Mate, grows throughout Southern Brazil and Northern Argentina, Yaupon is a North American species. In fact, Yaupon is endemic to the Southeastern United States, meaning that it naturally grows nowhere else. A disjunct population has been reported from the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, but the observations are scant, and we doubt that Yaupon is growing there naturally. Yaupon is North America's only native caffeinated plant species, and it has been consumed by Native American tribes for at least 10,000 years. Traditionally, the natural range of Yaupon extends from East Texas in...
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Yaupon Brothers Processing Plant - Inside Look
Yaupon Brothers is now working with our friends Jen & Steve Lorch of Table Rock Tea, Co., in Pickens County, South Carolina. Steve & Jen will be lovingly processing our Yaupon just as if it were their own tea. Speaking of, Table Rock Tea is one of only a handful of tea plantations in the United States. Jen & Steve have over 11,000 seedlings of Camellia Sinensis in their state-of-the-art greenhouse. That's impressive! We'll keep you updated on our adventures with Table Rock Tea! Steve spreading some Florida Yaupon on the withering table. The Yaupon Bros in the processing area...
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