Tupelo contains about five species native to the United States [3] and eastern Asia [2]. The word nyssa is the name of a water nymph, so-called because the type species, Nyssa aquatica L., water tupelo, grows in water.

Nyssa aquatica bay-poplar, bastard cottonwood, big tupelo, bowl gum, chickasawatchie whitewood, cotton-gum, gray gum, gum cottonwood, hazel pine, hickory poplar, ladle gum, large tupelo, olivetree, pawpaw gum, rootwood tupelo, sap gum, sour gum, swamp gum, swamp poplar, swamp tupelo, trade tupelo, tupelo, tupelo gum, water gum, water tupelo, white gum, wild olivetree, yellow gum

Nyssa ogeche bee tupelo, gopher plum, limetree, ogeechee lime, lone tupelo,

ogeeche gum, ogeechee plum, ogeechee tupelo, sour tupelo, sour tupelo gum, tupelo, white tupelo, white tupelo gum, wild limetree

Nyssa sylvatica blackgum, black tupelo, bowl gum, gum, pepperidge, plain blackgum, quartered black gum, sour gum, stinkwood, swamp blackgum, swamp tupelo, tupelo, tupelo gum, yellow gum, yellow gumtree, wild pear-tree

Nyssa sylvatica blackgum, swamp blackgum, bouw gum, lowland black gum,

var. biflora lowland gum, sour gum, southern gum, swamp black gum, swamp tupelo, tupelo gum, water gum

Distribution: The eastern to southeastern United States.

The Tree: Tupelo trees reach heights of 100 ft (30 m), with a diameter of over 3 ft (1 m).

General Wood Characteristics: The sapwood of tupelo is a light gray-brown, while the heartwood is darker. The wood has interlocked grain, with a natural tendency to warp when dried, especially when flatsawn. It shows a characteristic figure when quartersawn. It has no characteristic odor or taste.

aData for green and 12% conditions taken from reference (98); ovendry data from reference (59).

bData from reference (59).

 

aReference (98).

 

 

Working Properties: It is moderately strong, but difficult to glue. Durability: Tupelo lacks any natural durability.

Preservation: Tupelo is permeable.

Uses: Furniture, shipping containers, millwork, veneer, plywood, crossties, bridge ties and crossing planks.

Toxicity: No information available at this time.

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