name: Sparkleberry

flavor_db_name_variants: sparkleberry

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Sparkleberry

id: 190

name_scientific: Vaccinium arboreum

description: Vaccinium arboreum (Sparkleberry or Farkleberry) is a species of Vaccinium native to the southeastern United States, from southern Virginia west to southeastern Nebraska, south to Florida and eastern Texas, and north to Illinois. The fruit is a round dry berry about 6 mm in diameter, green at first, black when ripe, edible but bitter and tough.

itis_id: 23580

wikipedia_id: Sparkleberry

picture_file_name: 190.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 35178

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:30:41.000Z

legacy_id: 202

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: 229201

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00190