A creeping, evergreen shrub, 2 to 3 feet long, with larg fibrous roots extending outward
several feet from the stem. The densely set large leaves, with aculeate-serrate petioles,
are palmately fan-shaped, plaited and many cleft with fibrous threads hanging between the
segments. The small, perfect greenish purple flowers appear from June to August on a thick,
branching spadix. The oblong-ovate, dark-purple or brown fruit ripens in October, November
and early in December, its yield being larger in alternate years. It contains a pit or seed,
resembling that of the olive ; has an aromatic odour, and a taste at first sweet afterward
pungently bitter, and finally smooth and oily.
Found in :-
Barrens, South Carolina to Florida.
The fresh ripe fruit.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Sabal serrulata, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 500 Cc. | = 600
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Strong alcohol | 537 Cc.
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x to contain one part of tincture,
four parts distilled water,
five parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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