Smoke Berry

About

Common Names

Smoke Berry / Eiha Driap (Waejir)

Classification

Flowering Fruit Bearing Shrub

Description

This low shrub produces long sprays of violet through red flowers. The fruit are large globular and blue with smokey streaks. The fruit is carminative, and also tasty. The leaves of this plant can be used to make creams for the face and hand, being useful in treating dry-cracked skin.

Ecology

Rarity

Uncommon

Distribution

Life Cycle

Uses

Cultivation

Culinary

• Fruit - Smoke berries are edible raw, or cooked in pies and other pastries. In some cultures they are sun dried and saved for later use throughout winter.

Medicinal

• Carminative - The flowers and berries of the smoke berry are useful in reducing flatulence.

Other

• Emollient - Moisturizing skin creams and salves are made from the leaves of this plant.

History

Cultural

Religious