Distribution and localisation map
Red baneberry
Actaea rubra
Actée rouge
- Etymology
- Presentation
- Description
- Identification
- Names
- Etymology
- Uses
- Ethnobotany
- Classification
- French
- Latin
- French
- English
Actée rouge
Generic :
"Actée" = (from the greek aktea) Elder
Allusion to the leaves that looks like those of an elder (?)
Allusion to the leaves that looks like those of an elder (?)
Specific :
"rouge" = red
Allusion to the color of the berries
Allusion to the color of the berries
Vernacular :
"Pain, Poison de couleuvre" = Snake bread, Sneak bane
Allusion to the toxicity of the plant.
Allusion to the toxicity of the plant.
