Showing Food Vaccinium (Blueberry, Cranberry, Huckleberry)
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Name | Vaccinium (Blueberry, Cranberry, Huckleberry) | ||||||||||
Scientific Name | Vaccinium | ||||||||||
Description | Vaccinium is a genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the plant Family Ericaceae. The fruit of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry or whortleberry, lingonberry or cowberry, and huckleberry. Like many other ericaceous plants, they are generally restricted to acidic soils. | ||||||||||
Primary ID | FOOD00188 | ||||||||||
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Group | Fruits | ||||||||||
Sub-Group | Berries | ||||||||||
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ITIS ID | 23571 | ||||||||||
Wikipedia ID | Vaccinium | ||||||||||
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Content Reference | — Saxholt, E., et al. 'Danish food composition databank, revision 7.' Department of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (2008). — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. — Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181. |