Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vaccinium ovatum Pursh [Ericaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
california huckleberry	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
california-huckleberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
evergreen huckleberry	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
evergreen-huckleberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
winter huckleberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Metagonia ovata (Pursh) Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 8: 264 (1842).
Metagonia pyxothamnus Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 8: 264 (1842).
Vaccinium lanceolatum DC. ex Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 570 (1839).
Vaccinium ovatum var. angustifolium Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy.: 362 (1839).
Vaccinium ovatum var. saporosum Jeps. Man. Fl. Pl. Calif.: 751 (1925).
Vaccinium prunifolium Lodd. ex Loudon Encycl. Pl., new ed.: 1546 (1855), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Vaccinium ovatum Pursh	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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