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NAME: Black Huckleberry
SPECIES / FAMILY: Gaylussacia Baccata / Ericaceae
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CONDITIONS:
sun-partial shade
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sweet/spicy |
RAW/DRY/COOK |
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Roots |
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Bark |
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PORTION:
COMMENT: Fruit - raw or cooked. Deliciously spicy and sweet, they can be eaten out of hand or used in pies, preserves etc. They can also be dried for later use. The dried fruit can be ground into a powder then mixed with cereal flours to make bread. The fruit is rather seedy. (1)
CAUTION:
NUTRITION/MEDICINAL: Astringent; Miscellany. An infusion of the leaves, or the bark, has been used in the treatment of dysentery. An infusion of the leaves has been used in the treatment of Bright's disease.(1)
LOOK-A-LIKES:
POISONOUS LOOK-A-LIKES:
OTHER USES: Dye.
SOURCE LINKS (may include nutritional and medicinal info, plus other uses):