Betula lenta, sweet birch - magic-plants ethnobotany

Betula lenta, sweet birch

Botanical names: Betula lenta, Betula carpinifolia, Betula excelsa, Betula humilis		Betulaceae
Common names English: sweet birch, black birch, cherry birch, mahogany birch, spice birch Spanish: abedul dulce americano, abedul-cerezo americano, abedul de hojas de carpe French: bouleau flexible, bouleau acajou, bouleau merisier, merisier rouge German: Zucker-Birke
Active constituents: methyl salicylate (oil of wintergreen)

Betula lenta, sweet birch

illustration from Koehler's medicinal plants