Blackberry
Common Name: Blackberry
Botanical Name: Rubus Ulmifolius
Other names: Elmleaf blackberry, Zarzamora
Growing Area: Widely grown in temperate regions worldwide
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General Info:
The perennial Blackberry plant is made of many long, thorny, reddish-brown canes that grow either upright and arching or trailing along the ground, up to 20 feet in length. Uncultivated Blackberry bushes quickly become unruly and can spread across large areas.
Blackberry plants are widely grown in temperate regions worldwide. They prefer full sunshine, but can tolerate poor soil well and are often found in dense thickets on roadsides, trail edges, and mountainsides, or in ditches, vacant lots, fields and woodlands.
Five-petaled Blackberry flowers are white to pinkish in color, about an inch across and deliciously fragrant when blooming in the spring. Blackberry fruits are actually not a berry at all, but are known as an aggregate fruit, which is a cluster of small drupes, each with their own seed. These dark fruits are often 1/2 to 1 1/2 inches long, ripening from green to red to a glossy purple-black, ready to pick from July to October in the Northern Hemisphere and in late summer of the Southern Hemisphere. The smooth skin of Blackberry fruits is delicate, and will burst with dark purple juices at the slightest provocation. Blackberry fruits are delightful by the freshly-picked handful and are also delicious in pies and preserves.
The Blackberry leaves are sharply toothed, with three to seven distinct leaflets to each leaf.
Nutrients & Applications:
Blackberry fruits are packed so full of antioxidants it's amazing they can keep it all inside.
Not only are they low in calories and fat, Blackberry fruits are also rich in dietary fiber and are a good source of vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K, folic acid, and manganese. They also contain protein and essential omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.
Blackberry's deep purple coloring belies the anthocyanins literally bursting from them (have you ever squished a Blackberry?). The antioxidants in Blackberry fruits include the polyphenols ellagic acid, tannins, ellagitannins, quercetin, gallic acid, anthocyanins, and cyanidins.
The high tannin content gives Blackberry astringent properties, which may be helpful for maintaining tightness of tissues. The vast amounts of antioxidants from Blackberry may help the body against free radicals. The ellagic acid in Blackberry fruits may be helpful for maintaining skin health.
Blackberries also contain phytoestrogens, naturally occurring plant estrogens and may encourage normal blood flow.*
