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

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America from Canada to <strong>the</strong> Georgia<br />

mountains<br />

REFERENCES: Fernald 1950, Gibbons and Tucker 1979, Peterson 1977<br />

Viburnum edule (Michaux) Raf. [syn. V. pauciflorum La Pylaie ex<br />

Torrey & A. Gray]<br />

FAMILY: Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle)<br />

ENGLISH: arrowhead, mooseberry, rayless cranberrybush, squashberry,<br />

viburnum<br />

USES/NOTES: Tart, red berries are nibbled out <strong>of</strong> hand, added to<br />

sauces, dried, or made into juice, jams, jellies, and wine.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: North America<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Gibbons 1966, Harrington 1967, Yanovsky<br />

1936<br />

Viburnum lentago L.<br />

FAMILY: Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle)<br />

ENGLISH: black haw, cowberry, nannyberry, nanny plum, sheepberry,<br />

sweet viburnum, tea plant, wild raisin<br />

USES/NOTES: Dark sweet fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en dried like raisins, cooked,<br />

or made into jelly. Once somewh<strong>at</strong> important to Amerindians and<br />

early European settlers, V. lentago lost out to grape raisons<br />

(Vitis spp.) and prunes (Prunus spp.) before it could be<br />

improved.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America from Canada to higher<br />

elev<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>of</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn Georgia<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Gibbons 1966, Harrington 1967, Harris<br />

1972, Mabberley 1987, Peterson 1977<br />

Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides (L.) Torr & Gray [syn. V.<br />

cassinoides L., V. nitidum Aiton]<br />

FAMILY: Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle)<br />

ENGLISH: Appalachian tea, blackhaw, false Paraguay tea, nanny<br />

berry, possum-haw, smooth wi<strong>the</strong>-rod, swamp haw, sweet viburnum,<br />

tea berry, wild raisin, wi<strong>the</strong>-rod<br />

USES/NOTES: Red to dark blue fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en in jellies or me<strong>at</strong><br />

sauces and leaves are used as tea.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>astern U.S.<br />

REFERENCES: Gibbons 1966, Nelson 1994, Taylor 1998, Tull 1978,<br />

Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Viburnum odor<strong>at</strong>issimum Ker-Gawl.<br />

FAMILY: Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle)<br />

ENGLISH: sweet arrowwood, sweet viburnum, viburnum<br />

USES/NOTES: Round (~1cm), dark drupes are said to be edible. Small<br />

tree is a hardy landscape plant, much used, and <strong>of</strong>ten kept as a<br />

hedge in Florida.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern and sou<strong>the</strong>rn Asia from Japan and China to<br />

Myanmar and India<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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