Botanical identity
This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.
KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderEricales
FamilyEricaceae
GenusVaccinium
Scientific name with authorshipVaccinium corymbosum L.
Indexed scientific synonyms
Cyanococcus amoenus (Aiton) SmallCyanococcus atrococcus (A.Gray) SmallCyanococcus corymbosus (L.) Rydb.Cyanococcus cuthbertii SmallCyanococcus elliottii (Chapm.) SmallCyanococcus fuscatus (Aiton) SmallCyanococcus holophyllus SmallCyanococcus simulatus (Small) SmallCyanococcus virgatus (Aiton) SmallPolycodium arcuatum AshePolycodium sericeum (C.Mohr) C.B.Rob.Polycodium sericeum f. chrysocarpon AshePolycodium sericeum var. eburneum AshePolycodium sericeum var. elongatum AsheVaccinium albiflorum Hook.Vaccinium amoemum AitonVaccinium amoenum AitonVaccinium arcuatum (Ashe) SleumerVaccinium arkansanum AsheVaccinium ashei ReadeVaccinium ashei RehderVaccinium atrococcum (A.Gray) A.HellerVaccinium atrococcum f. atrococcumVaccinium atrococcum f. leucoccum W.Deane, 1922Vaccinium atrococcum f. leucococcum W.DeaneVaccinium atrococcum var. longianum AsheVaccinium australe SmallVaccinium constablaei A.GrayVaccinium corymbosum f. albiflorum (Hook.) CampVaccinium corymbosum f. corymbosumVaccinium corymbosum f. glabrum (A.Gray) CampVaccinium corymbosum f. laeve F.Seym.Vaccinium corymbosum f. leucococcum W.DeaneVaccinium corymbosum f. typicum CampVaccinium corymbosum f. viride F.Seym.Vaccinium corymbosum var. albiflorum (Hook.) FernaldVaccinium corymbosum var. amoenum (Aiton) A.GrayVaccinium corymbosum var. atrocarpum A.GrayVaccinium corymbosum var. atrococcum A.GrayVaccinium corymbosum var. corymbosumVaccinium corymbosum var. disocarpum (A.Gray) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.Vaccinium corymbosum var. fuscatum (Aiton) Hook.Vaccinium corymbosum var. glabrum A.GrayVaccinium corymbosum var. virgatum Alph.WoodVaccinium cuthbertii (Small) UphofVaccinium disocarpum A.GrayVaccinium disomorphum Michx.Vaccinium elliottii Chapm.Vaccinium elongatum P.WatsonVaccinium formosum AndrewsVaccinium fuscatum AitonVaccinium fuscatum var. angustifolium PurshVaccinium fuscatum var. pullum AsheVaccinium galezans Michx.Vaccinium galiformis Sm.Vaccinium grandiflorum P.WatsonVaccinium holophyllum (Small) UphofVaccinium latifolium Steud.Vaccinium marylandicum Steud.Vaccinium melanocarpum var. sericeum C.MohrVaccinium myrtilloides ElliottVaccinium parviflorum A.GrayVaccinium sericeum (C.Mohr) E.J.PalmerVaccinium sericeum f. chrysocarpon (Ashe) SleumerVaccinium sericeum var. eburneum (Ashe) SleumerVaccinium sericeum var. elongatum (Ashe) SleumerVaccinium simulatum SmallVaccinium stamineum var. sericeum (C.Mohr) D.B.WardVaccinium stamineum var. sericeum C.MohrVaccinium vicinum E.P.BicknellVaccinium virgatum AitonVaccinium virgatum var. angustifolium P.WatsonVaccinium virgatum var. latifolium DunalVaccinium virgatum var. ozarkense AsheVaccinium virgatum var. parvifolium A.GrayVaccinium virgatum var. speciosum E.J.PalmerVaccinium ×marianum S.Watson
Documented use categories
Medicine
Human food
Environmental use
Gene source
Material
These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.
How to interpret this record
Evidence boundary
A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.
Safety boundary
Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.
Dataset record and provenance
DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier261823-2
Use codesEU GS HF MA ME
Crop wild relativeNo
Contributing checklist sources
Kew Economic Botany CollectionUSDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2
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!Educational index, not a treatment recommendation
The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.