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  2. Native American ethnobotany - Wikipedia

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    The Iroquois used a decoction of the plant to treat liver problems and diarrhea. [82] Juniperus communis – Western American tribes combined the berries of Juniperus communis with Berberis root bark in a herbal tea. Native Americans also used juniper berries as a female contraceptive. [83]

  3. Myoporum insulare - Wikipedia

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    Myoporum insulare, commonly known as common boobialla, native juniper, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to coastal areas of Australia. It is a shrub or small tree which grows on dunes and coastal cliffs, is very salt tolerant and widely used in horticulture.

  4. Phoradendron juniperinum - Wikipedia

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    Several Native American tribes used this mistletoe for medicinal purposes, for teas, and at times for food. [4] Among the Zuni people, an infusion of whole plant is used for stomachaches. [5] A compound infusion of plant taken to promote muscular relaxation at birth, and a simple or compound infusion of twigs taken after childbirth to stop ...

  5. List of forageable plants - Wikipedia

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    Flowers (in full bloom, June or early July). A tea (popular in France as tilleul) can be made from the dried flowers. Leaves, without the stalks, edible raw as a salad vegetable [33] Wild lowbush blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium: Eastern and central Canada, northeastern United States Berries, edible raw, commonly used in jams and jellies [34]

  6. Juniperus californica - Wikipedia

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    The plant was used as a traditional Native American medicinal plant, and as a food source, by the indigenous peoples of California, including the Cahuilla people, Kumeyaay people (Diegueno), Serrano, and Ohlone people. [13] [14] They gathered the berries to eat fresh and to grind into meal for baking. [5] The wood was also used for sinew-backed ...

  7. Juniper - Wikipedia

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    Many junipers (e.g. J. chinensis, J. virginiana) have two types of leaves; seedlings and some twigs of older trees have needle-like leaves 5–25 mm (3 ⁄ 16 –1 in) long, on mature plants the leaves are overlapping like (mostly) tiny scales, measuring 2–4 mm (3 ⁄ 32 – 5 ⁄ 32 in). When juvenile foliage occurs on mature plants, it is ...

  8. Juniper berry - Wikipedia

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    For example, the Blackfoot used juniper berry tea to cure vomiting, [17] while Crow women drank juniper berry tea after childbirth to increase cleansing and healing. [18] In addition to medicinal and culinary purposes, Native Americans have also used the seeds inside juniper berries as beads for jewellery and decoration. [16]

  9. Juniperus communis - Wikipedia

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    Juniper is used in the traditional farmhouse ales of Norway, [28] Sweden, [29] Finland, [30] Estonia, and Latvia. In Norway, the beer is brewed with juniper infusion instead of water, while in the other countries the juniper twigs are mainly used as filters to prevent the crushed malts from clogging the outlet of the lauter tun. The use of ...