Ericaceae Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.

Cranberry

Montagnais - Drug, Pulmonary Aid

Use documented by:
Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 316

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Scientific name: Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.
USDA symbol: VAMA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Cranberry
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Montagnais
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Pulmonary Aid
Notes: Infusion of branches used as a medicine for pleurisy.

RECRD: 96767 id: 42039

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