Tupelo

(Creek/Muscogee)=black gum tree/birthplace of Elvis,=ito/tree swamp/opilwa(Mus.)=itoa/oito/ ito(N)=talked,=piloa/opilo ua(N)=has spill/spilled,=tupilow(1730/Catesby)=Nyssa/pepperidge tree, found SEAsia/ SEChina/Indochina/ Java/Himalayas,=topichicolli(N)=curved stick/shepherd's crook. hardwood for cartwheel naves. tupelo flooring does not splinter. favorite tree of hyla avivoca, birdvoice tree frog, from whom Elvis took his first music lesson.