name: Bog Bilberry
flavor_db_name_variants: bog bilberry
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Bog bilberry
id: 212
name_scientific: Vaccinium uliginosum
description: Vaccinium uliginosum (Bog Bilberry or Northern Bilberry) is a flowering plant in the genus Vaccinium. The fruit is a dark blue-black berry 5–8 millimetres (0.20–0.31 in) diameter, with a white flesh, edible and sweet when ripe in late summer.
itis_id: 23574
wikipedia_id: Vaccinium uliginosum
picture_file_name: 212.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 95934
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:41:59.000Z
legacy_id: 227
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
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 190548
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00212