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