Bilberry (Chernika)
Vaccinium myrtillus
About Bilberry (Chernika)
Bilberry (Chernika) (Vaccinium myrtillus) is a herb used in the Russian & Siberian Folk Medicine tradition to help with Eye Health, Circulation, Diabetes, and Antioxidant. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Vaccinium myrtillus is a species of shrub with edible fruit of blue color, commonly called "bilberry", "wimberry", "whortleberry", or European blueberry. It has much in common with the American blueberry (Vaccinium cyanococcus). It is more precisely called common bilberry or blue whortleberry, to distinguish it from other Vaccinium relatives. Regional names include blaeberry, hurtleberry, huckleberry, wimberry, whinberry, winberry, and fraughan.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist