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Mitchella repens

Shrub

HomeShrubMitchella repens

Dry or moist knolls in woods, on sandy sub-strates.

Family: Rubiaceae
Height: 0.1 m / 1 ft
Sun, Semi-shade
Light, Medium Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 3 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 3 of 5
Other Uses: 4 of 5

Native Habitat

Partridge Berry Mitchella repens native habitat is Dry or moist knolls in woods, on sandy sub-strates.

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw. Pleasant and slightly aromatic. Dry and tasteless, with lots of seeds according to another report. The fruit hangs on well on the bush. The fruit is about 8mm in diameter. A tea is made from the leaves.

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