name: Rabbiteye Blueberry

flavor_db_name_variants: rabbiteye blueberry

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Rabbiteye blueberry

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name_scientific: Vaccinium virgatum

description: Vaccinium virgatum, commonly called rabbiteye blueberry, samllflower blueberry or southern black blueberry, is a species of blueberry native to the Southeastern United States, from North Carolina south to Florida and west to Texas. Rabbiteye blueberry is a deciduous shrub that can grow to 3-6 feet tall and with up to a 3-foot spread. The leaves are red-bronze in the spring and then turn into a dark-green color. The fruits are dark blue to black. The rabbiteye blueberries are edible and are used to make jams, sauces for breads, muffins, etc. Research has shown that the rabbiteye blueberry was a good source of polyphenols, anthocyanins and flavonoids, their antioxidant activity is beneficial to human health (PMID: 23268789; PMID: 29682153) [Wikipedia]

itis_id: 505636

wikipedia_id: Vaccinium_virgatum

picture_file_name: Vaccinium_virgatum.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 12395020

picture_updated_at: 2019-08-21T17:44:14.000Z

legacy_id: null

food_group: Fruits

food_subgroup: Berries

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2019-08-21T17:34:16.000Z

updated_at: 2019-08-22T16:32:24.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: null

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00898