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This result should not be considered complete or definitive and is for reference only. Care must be taken when using any wild plant for food, fiber, medicine or any other non-traditional uses. The information was complied using multiple sources and these references should be consulted for more complete descriptions of usage(s) and potential health risk. We are not responsible for any ill effects from the information included on this page.
| Uses | Part | Preparation | Effect | Notes |
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| Vegetable | Fruit | Raw or cooked | ||
| Flower | Battered and fried | |||
| Fruit | Crushed, sauce | Puree | ||
| Fruit | ||||
| Flower | Fried | Not fully opened- add to pancakes, eggs | ||
| Stem | Maple syrup tap | |||
| Shoot | Like asparagus | |||
| Dye | Bark | grey | Mordant(s) -iron | |
| Fruit | purple | Mordant(s) -alum | ||
| Leaf | yellow, gold | Mordant(s) -alum, chrome | ||
| Medicine | Flower | Stimulant/tonic | Fully opened- for colds, high blood pressure | |
| Fruit | Colds/sore throat/earache | Cough syrup | ||
| Fruit | Tea | Multiple | Boils, dropsy | |
| Leaf | POISON, all vegetative parts | |||
| Leaf | Skin/sores/bleeding | |||
| Root | Infusion | Digestion | Emetic |
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