Showing Food Tropical highland blackberry
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Name | Tropical highland blackberry | ||||||||||
Scientific Name | Rubus adenotrichos | ||||||||||
Description | Rubus adenotrichos is commonly called tropical highland blackberry. It grows in Central America, northwestern South America, and central and southern Mexico, belongs to the Rosaceae family. Rubus adenotrichos is a shrub that can grow up to 6 meters tall. The flowers are pink or white, the fruits are red or black. [Wikipedia] Rubus adenotrichos contains phenolic compounds, mainly ellagitannins, and anthocyanins, it is a good source of antioxidants. Research has shown that Rubus adenotrichos had potential effects against oxidative stress and inflammation. (PMID: 23697506) | ||||||||||
Primary ID | FOOD00904 | ||||||||||
Picture | Not Available | ||||||||||
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Group | Fruits | ||||||||||
Sub-Group | Berries | ||||||||||
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Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
Order | Rosales | ||||||||||
Family | Rosaceae | ||||||||||
Genus | Rubus | ||||||||||
Species | adenotrichos | ||||||||||
Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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ITIS ID | Not Available | ||||||||||
Wikipedia ID | Rubus_adenotrichos | ||||||||||
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Compounds | Preparation type: Raw, frozen, dried
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