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==Cultivation and uses==
The sourwood is hardy in the north and a worthy [[Ornamental plant#Trees|ornamental tree]] in lawns and parks. Its late bloom makes it desirable, and its autumnal coloring is particularly beautiful and brilliant. The leaves are heavily charged with acid, and to some extent have the poise of those of the [[peach]].<ref name=Keeler /> The leaves are also a [[laxative]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.augustaga.gov/1631/Sourwood|title=Sourwood {{!}} Augusta, GA - Official Website|website=www.augustaga.gov|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref>

Sourwood is renowned for the honey that bees produce from the [[nectar]] of its flowers.<ref>{{cite book|title=Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping|first1=Dewey M. |last1=Caron |first2=Lawrence John|last2=Connor|year=2013|page=151 |publisher=Wicwas Press|isbn=978-1-87-807529-1 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=National Audubon Society Field Guide to Trees, Eastern Region, North America|year=2003 |page=626 |publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf]]|isbn=978-0-39-450760-6 }}</ref> Juice from its blooms is used to make sourwood [[Fruit preserves|jelly]]. The shoots were used by the [[Cherokee]] and the [[Catawba (tribe)|Catawba]] to make arrowshafts.