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baghe86-pgu.blogfa.com Blue berry
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Scientific classification Kingdom : Plantae Division:Magnoliophyt a Class:Magnoliopsida Order:Ericales Family:Ericaceae Genus:Vaccinium Section:Cyanococcu s Rydb. Rydb.
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baghe86-pgu.blogfa.com Blueberries are flowering plants in the genus Vaccinium, sect. Cyanococcus. The species are native only to North America. They are shrubs varying in size from 10 cm tall to 4 m tall; the smaller species are known as "lowbush blueberries", and the larger species as "highbush blueberries". The leaves can be either deciduous or evergreen, ovate to lanceolate, and from 1-8 cm long and 0.5-3.5 cm broad. The flowers are bell- shaped, white, pale pink or red, sometimes tinged greenish. The fruit is a berry 5-16 mm diameter with a flared "crown" at the end; they are pale greenish at first, then reddish-purple, and finally dark purple on ripening. They have a sweet taste when mature, with variable acidity. Blueberries are one of only a few human foods that are naturally colored blue. Blueberry bushes typically bear fruit from May through October; "blueberry season" peaks in July, which is National Blueberry Month in the United States and Canada
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baghe86-pgu.blogfa.com Species Vaccinium angustifoliumVaccinium angustifolium (Lowbush Blueberry) Vaccinium borealeVaccinium boreale (northern blueberry) Vaccinium caesarienseVaccinium caesariense (New Jersey blueberry) Vaccinium corymbosumVaccinium corymbosum (Northern Highbush Blueberry) Vaccinium darrowiiVaccinium darrowii (Southern Highbush Blueberry) Vaccinium elliottiiVaccinium elliottii (Elliot Blueberry) Vaccinium formosumVaccinium formosum (southern blueberry) Vaccinium fuscatumVaccinium fuscatum (Black Highbush Blueberry; syn. V. atrococcum) Vaccinium hirsutumVaccinium hirsutum (Hairy-fruited Blueberry) Vaccinium koreanum Vaccinium myrsinitesVaccinium myrsinites (Evergreen Blueberry) Vaccinium myrtilloidesVaccinium myrtilloides (Canadian Blueberry) Vaccinium pallidumVaccinium pallidum (Dryland Blueberry) Vaccinium simulatumVaccinium simulatum (upland highbush blueberry) Vaccinium tenellumVaccinium tenellum (Southern Blueberry) Vaccinium virgatumVaccinium virgatum (Rabbiteye Blueberry; syn. V. ashei)
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