Europe - Sourwood

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STOP NO.12: Europe

The beauty of autumn

NAME: Sourwood
LATIN NAME: Oxydendron arboreum
LOCATION: France
TYPE: Tree
PART(S) USED: Leaf and stem

Majestic, magnificent, fiery!

The national emblem of Tennessee, sourwood is a tree with majestic foliage, magnified in autumn by its fiery colours. In the summer, it is covered with a myriad of white, lily-scented flowers that allow bees to produce an extremely aromatic honey. In traditional medicine, the young leaves are prized for their refreshing, diuretic properties.

COSMETIC EFFECTIVENESS

Youth preserving!

In cosmetics, sourwood extract helps preserve the skin’s suppleness and firmness.

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