Hedrick, U.P. editor. 1919. Sturtevant's Notes on Edible Plants. Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1919 II. Albany, J.B Lyon Company, State Printers. [References Available]
Is a plant of Eastern North America. Romans says the leaves of the cassina were roasted and made into a decoction by the Creek Indians. The indians attributed many virtues to the tea and permitted only men to drink it. Along the coast region of Virginia and Caroline, the leaves of yaupon are used as a tea and are an object of sale.
