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NAME: Lowbush Blueberry
SPECIES / FAMILY: Vaccinium Angustifolium / Ericaceae
OTHER COMMON NAME(S):
CONDITIONS:
sun-partial shade
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Leaves |
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Buds |
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Fruits |
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sweet |
RAW/DRY/COOK |
July |
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Nuts |
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Roots |
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Bark |
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PORTION: medium
COMMENT: Fruit - sweet pleasant flavour with a slight taste of honey. Largely grown for the canning industry, it is considered to be the best of the lowbush type blueberries. The fruit can be dried and used like raisins. This is the earliest commercially grown blueberry to ripen. A tea is made from the leaves and dried fruits.(1)
CAUTION:
NUTRITION/MEDICINAL: Blood tonic; Oxytoxic. A tea made from the leaves has been used as a blood purifier and in the treatment of infant's colic. It has also been used to induce labour and as a tonic after a miscarriage.(1)
· https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-1013/blueberry
· https://draxe.com/health-benefits-blueberries
LOOK-A-LIKES:
POISONOUS LOOK-A-LIKES:
OTHER USES: natural dye - https://www.seamwork.com/issues/2016/06/dyeing-fabric-with-fruit
SOURCE LINKS (may include nutritional and medicinal info, plus other uses):