Description
Description: Gaultheria procumbens, also called the eastern teaberry, the checkerberry, the boxberry, or the American wintergreen, is a species of Gaultheria native to northeastern North America from Newfoundland west to southeastern Manitoba, and south to Alabama.
It is a member of the Ericaceae (heath family).
Botanical Name: Gaultheria procumbens
Common Names: Winterberry, Checkerberry, Tea
Leaf, Deerberry.
Medicinal Part: Leaves
INCI Name: Gaultheria Procumbens Leaf
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