Ericaceae Vaccinium ovalifolium Sm.

Ovalleaf Blueberry

Thompson - Food, Bread & Cake

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 220

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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: Thompson
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Berries scattered thinly on a mat and dried over a fire or mashed up and dried into a thin cake.

RECRD: 33031 id: 42208

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