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Finn, Chad |
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Submitted to: Encyclopedia of Fruits and Nuts
Publication Type: Book / Chapter Publication Acceptance Date: 2/19/2007 Publication Date: 2/1/2008 Citation: Finn, C.E. 2008. Empetrum nigrium, Crowberry. In: Janick, J. and Paull, R.E., editors. The Encylopedia of Fruits and Nuts. Cambridge, MA. CABI. p. 348. Interpretive Summary: The Encylopedia of Fruit and Nuts is designed as a research reference source on temperate and tropical fruit and nut crops. Empetrum nigrum L., Empetraceae, most commonly known as crowberry but also curlewberry and in Scandinavia as Kraaihei. The species is divided into two subspecies depending on whether a plant reproduces hermaphroditically (E. nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum) or is dioecious (E. nigrum ssp. nigrum). Crowberry has a circumboreal distribution growing as far south as northern California in North America. The horticultural attributes of the fruit as well as its botany are presented. Technical Abstract: The Encylopedia of Fruit and Nuts is designed as a research reference source on temperate and tropical fruit and nut crops. Empetrum nigrum L., Empetraceae, most commonly known as crowberry but also curlewberry and in Scandinavia as Kraaihei. The species is divided into two subspecies depending on whether a plant reproduces hermaphroditically (E. nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum) or is dioecious (E. nigrum ssp. nigrum). Crowberry has a circumboreal distribution growing as far south as northern California in North America. The horticultural attributes of the fruit as well as its botany are presented. |
