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Viburnum cassinoides

Shrub

HomeShrubViburnum cassinoides

Thickets, clearings, swamps and borders of woods.

Family: Adoxaceae
Height: 2.5 m / 9 ft
Sun, Semi-shade
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 3 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 1 of 5
Other Uses: 0 of 5

Native Habitat

Withe Rod, Appalachian Tea, Witherod Viburnum, Witherod, Wild Raisin Viburnum Viburnum cassinoides native habitat is Thickets, clearings, swamps and borders of woods.

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw or cooked. The scant flesh is sweet and well flavoured, hanging on the plant well into the winter. The oval fruit is about 10mm long and contains a single large seed. The leaves are used as a tea substitute. A pleasant taste. The leaves are steamed over boiling water, rolled between the fingers, allowed to stand overnight and then dried in an oven to be used as required.

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