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| Figure 100.—Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum) |
Habitat and range.—Sourwood is found in woods, Pennsylvania to Indiana and Alabama and Florida.
Description.—This is a smooth-barked tree reaching a maximum height of 60 feet with a trunk 15 inches in diameter. The pointed oblong or elliptic, finely and sharply toothed leaves are from 4 to 6 inches long and 1 to 3 inches wide. The small, white, waxlike flowers, produced in June and July, are borne in long, slender, 1-sided, clustered racemes. The reddish-brown wood is hard and heavy.
Part used.—The leaves.