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'''Yaupon''' ('''''Ilex vomitoria''''') is a small tree in the holly family, and perhaps the only plant native to the (southeastern) US which contains caffeine.
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Dried yaupon leaves can simply be steeped in water to produce a beverage similar to green tea, or it can be roasted to produce more toasty and coffee-like aromas and remove some astringency.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 22:52, 1 July 2018

Ilex vomitoria
Ilex vomitoria.jpg
Foliage and fruit
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I. vomitoria
Binomial name
Ilex vomitoria
Ilex vomitoria range map.jpg
Natural range

Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria) is a small tree in the holly family, and perhaps the only plant native to the (southeastern) US which contains caffeine.

Dried yaupon leaves can simply be steeped in water to produce a beverage similar to green tea, or it can be roasted to produce more toasty and coffee-like aromas and remove some astringency.

Acknowledgements

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Ilex vomitoria, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.