name: Bayberry

flavor_db_name_variants: bayberry

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Bayberry

id: 209

name_scientific: Myrica

description: Myrica is a genus of about 35?50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. The genus has a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, and missing only from Australia. Some botanists split the genus into two genera on the basis of the catkin and fruit structure, restricting Myrica to a few species, and treating the others in Morella. The fruit is a small drupe, usually with a wax coating. Common names include Bayberry, Bay-rum tree, Candleberry, Sweet Gale, and Wax-myrtle. The generic name was derived from the Greek word ?????? (myrike), meaning "fragrance.

itis_id: 19260

wikipedia_id: Bayberry

picture_file_name: 209.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 28634

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:33:24.000Z

legacy_id: 224

food_group: Fruits

food_subgroup: Berries

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:26.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:19.000Z

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updater_id: 2

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 3509

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00209