The ojib is a parasitic vine that attacks swamp cedars. The fruit of ojib is generally found during the summer months, and extremely toxic to most animals. Once the fruit has sat in anoxic water and begun to rot, the toxicity fades and it can be eaten. The strawberry-sized fruit is bright red-to-yellow on the vine in its toxic state, although once it has begun to rot it turns a duller red-brown to muddy color. The leaves of the vine are rather small and somewhat dark green in color, with a diamond shape and fuzzy fluff along the underside.

The taste of the ojib fruit, while it still has its colors, has been described as similar to a pineapple, although softer and less acidic, with a small inedible pit near the stem. Not long after ingestion, people admit to being tired, and even become narcoleptic. Once sleep begins, they quickly slip into a coma, and then die of neurological impairment of the lungs and heart.

The ojib fruit has been used as poison for centuries, either to kill rivals or as a means of execution. The poison is relatively fast-acting, and an emetic must be given within minutes to prevent the poison from spreading from the gut into the blood.

Swamp creatures that eat the fruit often fall into the waters near the host cedar, where their carcasses are hauled off or devoured by alligators or scavengers. The anoxic conditions of gut after death detoxify the fruit, and so the pit often passes through scavengers unharmed. If the pit winds up in waters near a cedar, then a new ojib will begin to grow in the swamp.