Ericaceae Vaccinium oxycoccos L.

Small Cranberry

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 oxycoccos L.
USDA symbol: VAOX (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Small Cranberry
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Berries sweetened with maple sugar and always used as an article of food.

RECRD: 289 id: 42293

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