Native American Herbal, Plant Knowledge

crush and force booked berries through a sieve, to get rid of at least some of the seeds.

Another species, flourishing in Texas, reminds us by

its large, pinkish flowers that blackberries are

members of Rosaceae, the rose family.

Teas made of fresh leaves should use very fresh, unwilted leaves crushed,

about 2 tablespoons of crushed fresh leaf per pint of boiling water, steeped

15 minutes, the strained.. Otherwise, leaves to make tea should be fully dried in shade and 1 to 2

teaspoons per cut of boiling water steeped for 15 minutes. Some blackberry recipes are on the

Recipes page.

Former uses of blackberry plant teas for women's medical purposes have been almost entirely

replaced by use of red raspberry plant teas, since the discovery that there is a uterine relaxant in

raspberry leaf and bark/root teas apparently not found in blackberry plants.

Analysis of the nutritional and phytochemical content of blackberries -- nutritional comparison of

several species with red reaspberry and commercial fresh orange.

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l Table of multi-tribal uses of blackberry plants (usually leaves, bark, or roots) for medical uses.

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CREDITS: Most photos are from the University of Wisconsin (Madison) botany gopher. The large

Texas pink blackberry flower, and its associated berries, were photographed by J.R. Manhart, for the

TAMU Botany Department Herbarium image gallery.

Webmistress --Paula Giese.Text and graphics copyright 1996.

Last Updated: Monday, January 15, 1996 - 2:54:01 AM

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