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sugar sumac

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sugar bush

sugar bush

Large leathery leaves, white flower clusters, reddish sticky berries. Raw fruit can be soaked in water to make lemonade, or mushed to make sweet-sour jam. Leaf tea used for coughs, colds, lungs.
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