Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Edible Wild Plants/Spicebush

Spicebush Lindera melissifolia.jpg The leaves can be either deciduous or evergreen depending on species, and are alternate, entire or three-lobed, and strongly spicy-aromatic. The flowers are small, yellowish, with six petaloid sepals and no petals. The fruit is a small red, purple or black drupe containing a single seed Native to eastern Asia but with three species in eastern North America. Late Summer, Early Fall The fruits of the spice bush can (as the name suggests) used as a spice.