Tutsan
Tutsan (French: Toutesaine) is a bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers. Its fruit are red berries, which turn black when they are fully ripe. The leaves and flowers of the plant grow and blossom in the spring and are shed in the fall. Its scientific name is Hypericum androsaemum L. The Tutsan has medical properties. A similar plant to it is the H. perforatum.
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Tutsan Media
The species in Hortus Eystettensis. The inscriptions read (from left to right): Androsaemum foeditum seu Tragôdes, Siciliana, Hÿpericon.
An Orthoptera larva on a flower of H. androsaemum