name: Black Crowberry
flavor_db_name_variants: black crowberry
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Black crowberry
id: 75
name_scientific: Empetrum nigrum
description: Empetrum nigrum is a species of crowberry known as black crowberry which is native to most northern areas of the northern hemisphere, as well as the Falkland Islands in the southern hemisphere. In gardening, it can be grown in acidic soils in shady, moist areas. It can be used for the edible berries, for a purple dye, or as a ground cover. The metabolism and photosynthetic parameters of Empretrum can be altered in winter-warming experiments
itis_id: 23743
wikipedia_id: Empetrum nigrum
picture_file_name: 75.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 136568
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:29:42.000Z
legacy_id: 81
food_group: Fruits
food_subgroup: Berries
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:19.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:15.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 191066
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00075