Ericaceae Vaccinium ovalifolium Sm.

Ovalleaf Blueberry

Nitinaht - Food, Dried Food

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 108

View all documented uses for Vaccinium ovalifolium Sm.

---

Scientific name: Vaccinium ovalifolium Sm.
USDA symbol: VAOV (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Ovalleaf Blueberry
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Nitinaht
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Fruits formerly mashed, poured into rectangular frames to dry, soaked, boiled and eaten in winter.

RECRD: 47311 id: 42184

---