Ericaceae Vaccinium oxycoccos L.
Small Cranberry
Eskimo, Inupiat - Food, Fruit
Use documented by:
Jones, Anore, 1983, Nauriat Niginaqtuat = Plants That We Eat, Kotzebue, Alaska. Maniilaq Association Traditional Nutrition Program, page 104
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Vaccinium oxycoccos L.
Scientific name: Vaccinium oxycoccos L.
USDA symbol: VAOX (
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Common names: Small Cranberry
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Eskimo, Inupiat
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Berries cooked with fish eggs, fish (whitefish, sheefish or pike), blubber and eaten.
RECRD: 11990 id: 42262