Food: Blackberry [edit]

Other Names: Blackberries, 黑莓 (Chinese), ブラックベリー (Japanese), العليق (Arabic), ब्लैकबेरी (Hindi), Βατόμουρο (Greek) All Translations

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The blackberry is an edible berry in the Rubus genus and the Rosaceae family. The fruit are botanically termed an aggregate fruit and they are produced on plants that typically have biennial canes and perennial roots. Blackberries and raspberries are also called caneberries or brambles. It is a widespread, and well known group of several hundred species, many of which are closely related apomictic microspecies native throughout the temperate Northern hemisphere and South America.Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.

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Substitutes: Loganberries, Boysenberries, Olallieberries, Raspberries

[edit] About Blackberry

The Blackberry is the aggregate fruit of the Bramble bush, a native plant throughout Europe. Blackberries are easily confused with rasberries but their core is hollow while blackberries have a light green core.

The fragile skin of the Blackberry is green and hard when young, turning red as it ripens then black and shiny when fully ripe. The immature fruit is small and sour, while the ripe fruit is larger in size, juicy and sweet to taste. In late summer and autumn, blackberries can be picked and eaten, or made into pie filling, jam, jelly, and tea.

Also known as bramble. A large, deep purple berry that grows wild on thorny bushes. In england blackberries are often combined with apples to make pie.

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