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Ericaceae

368 edible species

Diverse family including heaths, blueberries, cranberries, and rhododendrons; many produce edible berries.

Vaccinium glaucoalbum
Vaccinium glaucoalbum

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium griffithianum
Vaccinium griffithianum

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium haematinum
Vaccinium haematinum

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium harmandianum
Vaccinium harmandianum

Edible: Fruit, flowers, stems, leaves

Vaccinium hasseltii
Vaccinium hasseltii

Padang

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium hirsutum
Vaccinium hirsutum

Hairy huckleberry, Woolly berry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium hirtum
Vaccinium hirtum

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium hybridum
Vaccinium hybridum

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium japonicum
Vaccinium japonicum

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium koreanum
Vaccinium koreanum

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium leschenaultii
Vaccinium leschenaultii

Indian cranberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium leucanthum
Vaccinium leucanthum

Mexican blueberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium littorale
Vaccinium littorale

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium littoreum
Vaccinium littoreum

Padang

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium macgillivrayi
Vaccinium macgillivrayi

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium macrocarpon
Vaccinium macrocarpon

American cranberry, Cranberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium madagascariense
Vaccinium madagascariense

Edible: Fruit?

Vaccinium maderense
Vaccinium maderense

Madiera Whortleberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium megalophyes
Vaccinium megalophyes

Edible: Fruit ?

Vaccinium melanocarpum
Vaccinium melanocarpum

Georgia blueberry

Edible: Fruit

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Vaccinium melliflorum

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium membranaceum
Vaccinium membranaceum

Blue huckleberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium meridionale
Vaccinium meridionale

Jamaica bilberry, Jamaican blueberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium microcarpum
Vaccinium microcarpum

Small cranberry, Dwarf cranberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium minus
Vaccinium minus

Low-bush cranberry, Mountain cranberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium miquelii
Vaccinium miquelii

Pandjang umur

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium modestum
Vaccinium modestum

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium mortinia
Vaccinium mortinia

Mortiño

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium moupinense
Vaccinium moupinense

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium myrsinites
Vaccinium myrsinites

Florida Evergreen Blueberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium myrtilloides
Vaccinium myrtilloides

Velvetleaf Blueberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium myrtillus
Vaccinium myrtillus

Whortleberry, Bilberry, European blueberry

Edible: Fruit, Shoots, Leaves, Leaves - tea, Flowers

Vaccinium myrtoides
Vaccinium myrtoides

Gatmo

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium neglectum
Vaccinium neglectum

Deerberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium neilgherrense
Vaccinium neilgherrense

Kalavu

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium nummularia
Vaccinium nummularia

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium occidentale
Vaccinium occidentale

Western Blueberry

Vaccinium oldhamii
Vaccinium oldhamii

Chinggumnamu

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium ovalifolium
Vaccinium ovalifolium

Black huckleberry, Oval-leafed blueberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium ovatum
Vaccinium ovatum

Evergreen huckleberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium oxycoccos
Vaccinium oxycoccos

Small Cranberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium oxycoccus
Vaccinium oxycoccus

Small Cranberry, Lingonberries

Edible: Fruit, Leaves - tea, Seeds - oil

Vaccinium padifolium
Vaccinium padifolium

Madeiran whortleberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium pallidum
Vaccinium pallidum

Hillside blueberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium palustre
Vaccinium palustre

Bogberry, Moorberry, Fen berry, Small Cranberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium parvifolium
Vaccinium parvifolium

Red huckleberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium praestans
Vaccinium praestans

Kamchatka bilberry, Cherry blueberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium rapae
Vaccinium rapae

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium reticulatum
Vaccinium reticulatum

Oheloberries

Edible: Fruit

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Vaccinium salicinum

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium scoparium
Vaccinium scoparium

Grouseberry

Edible: Fruit, Leaves - tea

Vaccinium simulatum
Vaccinium simulatum

Upland Highbush Blueberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium smallii
Vaccinium smallii

Sakhlain bilberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium sprengelii
Vaccinium sprengelii

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Bud, Flowers

Vaccinium stamineum
Vaccinium stamineum

Buckberry, Deerberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium stanleyi
Vaccinium stanleyi

Blueberry

Edible: Berries, Fruit

Vaccinium tallapusae
Vaccinium tallapusae

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium tenellum
Vaccinium tenellum

Small-cluster blueberry

Edible: Hort. kew. 2:12. 1789 Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/

Vaccinium uliginosum
Vaccinium uliginosum

Bog bilberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium uliginosum subsp. alpinum
Vaccinium uliginosum subsp. alpinum

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium uliginosum var. salicinum
Vaccinium uliginosum var. salicinum

Alpine Blueberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium vacciniaceum
Vaccinium vacciniaceum

Tibetan blueberry

Edible: Flowers, Fruit

Vaccinium vacillans
Vaccinium vacillans

Dryland blueberry, Low Blueberry, Late low blueberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium varingiifolium
Vaccinium varingiifolium

Javan blueberry

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Vaccinium virgatum
Vaccinium virgatum

Rabbit-eye blueberry, Southern black blueberry

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Lingonberry

Edible: Fruit, Leaves - tea, Flowers

Vaccinium whitfordii
Vaccinium whitfordii

Katmo, Katmon

Edible: Fruit

Vaccinium xerampelinum
Vaccinium xerampelinum

Edible: Fruit ?