Plant Details

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

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

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Vaccinium globulare Rydb. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 300 (1900).
Vaccinium coccineum Piper Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 31: 75 (1918).
Vaccinium membranaceum var. rigidum (Hook.) Fernald Rhodora 37: 325 (1935).
Vaccinium myrtilloides var. macrophyllum Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 32 (1834).
Vaccinium myrtilloides var. rigidum Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 32 (1834).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Vaccinium globulare Rydb.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Vaccinium membranaceum Dougl. ex Torr.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Vaccinium membranaceum Douglas ex Torr.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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