Ericaceae Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.

Velvetleaf Huckleberry

Potawatomi - Food, Fruit

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 99

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Scientific name: Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.
USDA symbol: VAMY (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Velvetleaf Huckleberry
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Berries and low sweet blueberry were important items of food and used fresh or canned.

RECRD: 287 id: 42132

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