Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Callicarpa americana L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms:

American beauty-berry [American beautyberry] (1942-Present) (4, 50, 155)

Beauty-berry (1923) (156)

Beautyfruit [Beauty-fruit] (1923) (156)

Bermuda-mulberry [Bermuda mulberry] (1900?-1923) (5, 65, 156, 158)

Callicarpa d'Amerique (1785, French) (8)

Carolinian shrubby callicarpa (1785) (8)

French-mulberry (1895-1937) (2, 5, 58, 77, 97, 106, 109, 122, 124, 156, 158)

Possum-berry (1923) (156)

Sourbush [Sour bush, Sour-bush] (1869-1923) (58, 92, 156, 158)

Sowerbush (1828) (7)

Spanish-mulberry [Spanish mulberry] (1923) (156)

White American beauty-berry [White American beautyberry] (1942) (155)