Ericaceae Vaccinium ovalifolium Sm.
Ovalleaf Blueberry
Salish, Coast - Food, Fruit
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 83
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Vaccinium ovalifolium Sm.
Scientific name: Vaccinium ovalifolium Sm.
USDA symbol: VAOV (
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Common names: Ovalleaf Blueberry
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Salish, Coast
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Berries eaten fresh.
RECRD: 47566 id: 42205