name: Vaccinium (Blueberry, Cranberry, Huckleberry)

flavor_db_name_variants: vaccinium blueberry cranberry huckleberry

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Vaccinium (Blueberry, Cranberry, Huckleberry)

id: 188

name_scientific: 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.

itis_id: 23571

wikipedia_id: Vaccinium

picture_file_name: 188.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 71693

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:36:57.000Z

legacy_id: 199

food_group: Fruits

food_subgroup: Berries

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:25.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:18.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 13749

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00188