Cranberry
This article is about the species group. For other meanings, see cranberry.
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The cranberries are a species group in the blueberry genus (Vaccinium). They are usually treated as a subgenus, but are sometimes separated as their own genus Oxycoccus. The berry fruits of their representatives are edible and have a sweet and sour, sometimes slightly bland taste. The cranberries occur in temperate regions (e.g. also in Germany) in the forest, in the bog and on the heath.
Regionally, for example in the Salzburg Pinzgau or also in Tyrol, the usual blueberries are called cranberries.
Types
- Southern cranberry (Vaccinium erythrocarpum), "Southern Mountain Cranberry", native to mountainous regions (Appalachia, East Asia)
- Large-fruited cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon), also known as "cranberry", "cranberry" or "cranberry" (American cranberry)
- Small-fruited cranberry (Vaccinium microcarpum)
- Common cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos)
