Nyssaceae
Water tupelo
Nyssa aquatica
- Family
- Nyssaceae
- Genus
- Nyssa
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- طوبال مائي
- Chinese
- 水蓝果树, 沼生蓝果树, 水紫樹
- English
- Water tupelo, Tupelogum, Cottongum, Large tupelo, Tupelo-gum, Water-gum, Wild olive
- French
- Tupelo aquatique
Synonyms
- Bumelia denticulata Raf.
- Nyssa angulisans Michx.
- Nyssa angulosa Poir.
- Nyssa candicans var. grandidentata D.J.Browne
- Nyssa dentata Michx.
- Nyssa denticulata Aiton
- Nyssa grandidentata F.Michx.
- Nyssa palustris Salisb.
- Nyssa tomentosa Michx.
- Nyssa uniflora Wangenh.
- Streblina denticulata (Raf.) Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Paul Bolstad, University of Minnesota, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nhu Nguyen, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.