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The flowers are dark pink. The fruit is a berry that is larger than the leaves of the plant; it is initially light green, turning red when ripe. It is edible, but has an acidic taste. In Britain, cranberry may refer to the native species Vaccinium oxycoccos, [1] while in North America, cranberry may refer to V. macrocarpon. [2]
Vaccinium macrocarpon, also called large cranberry, American cranberry and bearberry, is a North American species of cranberry in the subgenus Oxycoccus. [ 4 ] The name cranberry comes from shape of the flower stamen , which looks like a crane 's beak.
The flowers are white, produced in corymbs up to 13 cm (5 in) in diameter at the top of the stems; each corymb comprises a ring of outer sterile flowers 2–2.5 cm (3 ⁄ 4 –1 in) diameter with conspicuous petals, surrounding a center of small (5 mm, 0.20 in), fertile flowers; the flowers are pollinated by insects.
Lowbush cranberry is a common name for several flowering plants and may refer to: Vaccinium oxycoccos, cranberry, a species of flowering plant, widespread throughout the cool temperate northern hemisphere; Vaccinium vitis-idaea, lingonberry, a small evergreen shrub native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere
It is known colloquially as the lingonberry, partridgeberry, [a] foxberry, mountain cranberry, or cowberry. It is native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Commercially cultivated in the United States Pacific Northwest [ 4 ] and the Netherlands , [ 5 ] the edible berries are also picked in the wild and used ...
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Chè (Vietnamese pronunciation: [tɕɛ̀]~[cɛ̀]) is any traditional Vietnamese sweet beverage, dessert soup or stew, [1] [2] or pudding. Chè includes a wide variety of distinct soups or puddings. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] Varieties of Chè can be made with mung beans , black-eyed peas , kidney beans , tapioca , [ 3 ] jelly (clear or grass), [ 3 ] fruit ...
Mountain cranberry is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Another name for bearberries , three species of dwarf shrubs in the genus Arctostaphylos Vaccinium vitis-idaea , a small evergreen shrub widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere