Vaccinium arctostaphylos

Vaccinium arctostaphylos

''Vaccinium arctostaphylos'' or Caucasian whortleberry is a species of shrub with edible fruit of blue color. It is native to Western Asia (Iran and Turkey), the Caucasus (Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russia), and Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria).
Caucasian whortleberry It was dark and I was hanging on a steep slope so most of the photos were out of focus. I should have used the flash... Bulgaria,Strandzha Nature Park,Vaccinium arctostaphylos

Uses

In a study on 50 hyperlipidaemic adult patients, an extract of the fruit of Vaccinium arctostaphylos was found to have beneficial effects on serum lipid profile and oxidative stress. Each medicinal capsule contained 45 ± 2 mg of anthocyanins. The authors suggest that the effects may be due to the anthocyanin content of the fruit.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderEricales
FamilyEricaceae
GenusVaccinium
SpeciesV. arctostaphylos
Photographed in
Bulgaria