Health Benefits of Blueberry

Blueberries are perennial flowering plants. It has either deciduous or evergreen leaves. It has bell-shaped flowers. The color of the flower ranges from white to pale pink or red. At first its fruit appears in greenish, later changed into reddish-purple and finally dark purple in color. The matured fruit has a sweet taste. The smaller species are called as lowbush berries. The largest blueberry producing countries are the United States, Canada, Mexico, Poland and Germany.

  

Kingdom: Plantae

Order: Ericales

Family: Ericaceae

Genus: Vaccinium

Section: Vaccinium sect. cyanococcus

Species:

Alaskan blueberry – Vaccinium alaskaense

Lowbush blueberry – Vaccinium angustifolium

Northern blueberry – Vaccinium boreale

New Jersey blueberry – Vaccinium caesariense

Northern highbush blueberry - Vaccinium corymbosum

Evergreen blueberry - Vaccinium darrowii

Elliott blueberry - Vaccinium elliottii

Hairy-fruited blueberry - Vaccinium hirsutum

Shiny blueberry - Vaccinium myrsinites

Canadian blueberry - Vaccinium myrtilloides

Dryland blueberry - Vaccinium pallidum

Southern blueberry - Vaccinium tenellum

Rabbiteye blueberry - Vaccinium virgatum

European blueberry - Vaccinium myrtillus

Use of Blueberry:

Blueberry is sold fresh or frozen fruit, juice or infused berries. It has also been used in several consumer goods such as jams, jellies, muffins and blueberry pies. Blueberry wine and Blueberry jam is also prevalent.

Nutritional value of Blueberry:

The important nutritional elements of Blueberry are vitamin A, Thiamine (B₁), Riboflavin (B₂), Niacin (B₃), Pantothenic acid (B₅), vitamin B₆, Folate (B₉), vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K, Calcium, Iron, Manganese, Magnesium, Phosphorous, Potassium, Sodium and Zinc.

Health Benefits of Blueberry:

Blueberry improves brain function, aids digestion, treats urinary tract infection, guards eye, boosts immunity and cures heart diseases.

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