Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Lindera benzoin Blume.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Benzoin aestivale (L.) Blume, Benz)oin aestivale (L.) Nees, Benzoin odoriferum Nees, Laurus benzoin L., Laurus pseudo-benzoin Michx. (Laurus benzoin L.),

Common names:

Allspice (1828) (7)

Allspice bush (1892) (6)

Benjamin (1879) (46)

Benjamin bush [Benjamin-bush] (1869-1923) (2, 5, 6, 49, 58, 92, 107, 156)

Benjamin tree (1785) (8)

Benzoelorbeer (German) (1892) (6)

Benzoin (1892) (6)

Canonotha (1879) (46)

Common spicebush (1895 ) (2, 6, 155)

Feverbush [Fever bush, Fever-bush] (1828-1923) (5, 6, 7, 19, 46, 49, 58, 92, 156)

Feverwood [Fever wood] (1898) (49, 92)

Goroffle (1879) (46)

Kapak-minš (Chippewa, brittle tree) (1932) (105)

Laurier beujoin (French) (1785) (8)

Luarier Benzoin (French) (1892) (6)

Northern spicebush (Present) (50)

Poivrier (French) (1796) (17)

Snapweed [Snap weed, Snap-weed] (1876?-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 92, 156)

Snapwood [Snap wood, Snap-wood] (1876?-1923) (5, 92, 156)

Spice berry (1892) (6)

Spicebush [Spice bush, Spice-bush] (1820-1986) (3, 12, 19,49, 57, 58, 65, 92, 104, 107, 109)

Spicewood [Spice wood] (1785-1937) (5, 7, 8, 14, 17, 34, 35, 49, 58, 92, 97, 138, 156)

Wild allspice (1869-1923) (5, 49, 58, 92, 156)