Naming
The common name tutsan appears to be a corruption of ''toute saine'' literally meaning all-healthy. This is probably in reference to its healing properties. The leaves were used applied to wounds, and as a stomachic. Nicholas Culpeper, in his 1653 publication ''Culpeper's Complete Herbal'', says "Tutsan purgeth choleric humours ... both to cure sciatica and gout, and to heal burnings by fire." The berries which turn from white/green, to red, to black are poisonous.References:
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