Blackberry
The blackberry is an aggregate fruit from a bramble bush in the rose family Rosaceae. It is a widespread and well-known group of several hundred species, many of which are closely related microspecies native throughout the temperate Northern hemisphere. The soft fruit is popular for use in desserts, jams, seedless jellies and sometimes wine. Since the many species form hybrids easily, there are numerous cultivars with more than one species in their ancestry. Good nectar producers, blackberry shrubs bearing flowers yield a medium to dark, fruity honey. Blackberries are notable for their high nutritional contents of dietary fiber, vitamin C, vitamin K, folic acid – a B vitamin, and the essential mineral, manganese. Blackberries rank highly among fruits for antioxidant strength, particularly due to their dense contents of polyphenolic compounds.
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