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Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Fernald et al. 1958, Kunkel 1984<br />

Vaccinium myrtillus L.<br />

FAMILY: Ericaceae (he<strong>at</strong>h)<br />

ENGLISH: bilberry, billberry, blaeberry, blueberry, cranberry,<br />

European blueberry, whortleberry<br />

PORTUGUESE: arando, mirtilo<br />

SPANISH: arándano, arándano europeo, arándanos, mirtilo, mortiña,<br />

mortiño, rasponera, uva de bosque, uva de monte<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en out <strong>of</strong> hand or made into wine. Also a<br />

popular herbal dietary supplement.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: North temper<strong>at</strong>e and Arctic regions<br />

REFERENCES: Bourke et al. 1987, Duke 1997, Facciola 1990,<br />

Harrington 1967, Harris 1972, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Mabberley 1987,<br />

Neumann n.d., Schneider 1987, Sturtevant 1972, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Vaccinium ovalifolium J. Sm. in Rees<br />

FAMILY: Ericaceae (he<strong>at</strong>h)<br />

ENGLISH: Alaska blueberry, black huckleberry, oval-leaf<br />

huckleberry, oval-leaved blueberry<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Western North America<br />

REFERENCES: Heller 1981, Tanaka 1976, Turner and Szczawinski 1979<br />

Vaccinium ov<strong>at</strong>um Pursh<br />

FAMILY: Ericaceae (he<strong>at</strong>h)<br />

ENGLISH: box blueberry, California blueberry, evergreen<br />

huckleberry, shot huckleberry<br />

USES/NOTES: Blue/black fruit <strong>of</strong> this much appreci<strong>at</strong>ed, <strong>at</strong>tractive<br />

shrub is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: British Columbia to Nor<strong>the</strong>rn California<br />

REFERENCES: Clarke 1977, Facciola 1990, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Vaccinium oxycoccos L.<br />

FAMILY: Ericaceae (he<strong>at</strong>h)<br />

ENGLISH: bog cranberry, European cranberry, small cranberry, swamp<br />

cranberry, wild cranberry<br />

PORTUGUESE: airela vermelho<br />

SPANISH: arándano<br />

USES/NOTES: Sour fruits, though smaller than <strong>the</strong> large cranberry<br />

(V. macrocarpon), are used similarly, cooked, fresh, or juiced,<br />

but are nowhere near as economically important. Leaves have been<br />

used for tea.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: North temper<strong>at</strong>e regions - Alaska to Labrador,<br />

Greenland, and Newfoundland, south through New England, <strong>the</strong><br />

nor<strong>the</strong>rn portions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Gre<strong>at</strong> Lakes St<strong>at</strong>es, western Washington<br />

and Oregon, and temper<strong>at</strong>e Eurasia.<br />

REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Facciola 1990, Moerman 1987,<br />

Peterson 1977, Vander Kloet 1988, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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