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General Information

Vaccinium reticulatum is an evergreen, rhizomatous shrubs with aerial shoots stiffly erect, usually 10 - 130cm tall but occasionally to 200cm[].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

Pacific - Hawaii.

Habitat

Often an early successional plant on new lava flows or exposed sites[].

Properties

Edibility Rating
Medicinal Rating
Habit	Evergreen Shrub
Height	1.00 m
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

Fruit[]. The fruit can vary widely in colour from yellowish green or yellowish orange, through pink to red, dark purple or even black[]. It is 8 - 14cm in diameter, containing numerous small seeds[].

Medicinal

To treat stomach pains, the leaf buds, leaves and fruit are combined with the leaf buds and leaves of Canavalia cathartica or Dioclea wilsonii; the leaf buds, leaves, and fruit of Rumex spp.; the root of Curcuma longa; coconut (Cocos nucifera); and white sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) by pounding into a mash[]. The mixture is strained with Cyperus javanicus and drunk once in the morning and again in the evening[].

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -

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