Vaccinium crassifolium - Creeping blueberry

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Vaccinium crassifolium, the creeping blueberry, is a species of Vaccinium in the heath family. It is native to the four southeastern U.S. states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. It is an evergreen shrub with shiny dark green to bronze leaves.

Uses

Gout, Longevity Tonics, Memory/Focus, Skin eruptions, Pimples, Diarrhea.

Parts Used

Fruit, leaves.

Chemical Composition

Phenolic compounds are a large class of phytochemicals that are widespread in the plant kingdom and known to have antioxidant capacities

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Blueberries , blueberry, huckleberry, ligonberry

Habit

Shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple		Pale yellow or ‘dirty’ green worms and Leaves are rolled and webbed together where insects feed. Eventually becomes skeletonized

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	2-4cm long	Yellow	5-20	Flowers Season is June - August

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
	7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome	clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown	With hooked hairs		{{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

• Vishatinduka Taila as root juice extract

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Requires a moist but freely-draining lime free soil, preferring one that is rich in peat or a light loamy soil with added leaf-mould

Commonly seen growing in areas

Garden Sunny Edge, Dappled Shade, Ground Cover.

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External Links

• [https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=VACR
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