Blackberry Uses
1. Many natives used the blackberry
to cure canker sores of mouth, gums, and tongue.
2. Settlers used them to dissolve tartar in their teeth.
3. Blackberries are a good source of vitamin C and iron and also
contain some other minerals as well as vitamin A.
4. The Native Americans used the blackberry for diarrhea.
5. The Native Americans also used it to rid chronic stomach trouble,
vomiting, and retching.
6. Indians considered the blackberry to prevent miscarriages.
7. It's good source of food for animals.
8. Blackberries make jam, jelly, pies, preserves, and wine.
9. When bowels were, loose settlers drank blackberry juice rather
than tea or coffee.
Blackberry Facts
1. Its manufactured scientific
name is Genus Rubus.
2. Its wild scientific name is Rubu Alleghenienses
3. They are wild and manufactured.
4. Their bushes are called brambles.
5. The blackberry is grown on a flowering bush.
6. There are about 50 distant species in about 50 different states.
7. They grow in woods and in prairies.
8. They are grown all over the world.
9. The U.S. is the #1 in manufacturing the blackberry.
10. The common names of the blackberry are High Bush, Tall Blackberry,
Running Bush, Sand Blackberry, Creeping Blackberry, Mountain
Blackberry, Swamp Blackberry, California Blackberry, and Blackcap.
11. They belong to the rose family.
Blackberry Physical Features
1. They grow in droplets.
2. They are black, yellow, dark red, and blue.
3. They bloom white flowers.
4. Their canes are prickly.
5. They last 15-20 years.
Sources:
Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants, by Angier, Bradford
Edible Wild Plants, by Thomas Elias & Peter Dykeman
Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia, The Illustrated Encyclopedia
of Flowering Plants, and the World Book Encyclopedia
