Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
shiny blueberry	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

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

Cyanococcus myrsinites (Lam.) Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 1013 (1933).
Vaccinium corymbosum var. myrsinites (Lam.) Castigl. Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 391 (1790).
Vaccinium myrsinites var. lanceolatum Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 290 (1813).
Vaccinium myrsinites var. obtusum Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 290 (1813).
Vaccinium nitidum Andrews Bot. Repos. 7: t. 480 (1807).
Vaccinium nitidum var. decumbens Sims Bot. Mag. 38: t. 1550 (1813).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Vaccinium myrsinites Lam.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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