Article Nº 3704 Plant Vol. III · pp. 669–670
Uveira (Vaccinium maderense)
The Madeiran blueberry, a mountain shrub whose wood is used for fuel and charcoal and whose fruit preserve treats coughs.
A shrub or small tree common in the mountains of Madeira, where it forms thickets, sometimes quite extensive. It has lanceolate leaves, often reddish, and globose-campanulate corollas spotted with red. The wood, which is quite hard, is used as fuel and for making charcoal, and from the [fruit] a preserve is made that is useful in treating coughs and colds.