Jun 21
2016

The blue-black fruits are botanically not berries, but aggregate drupes formed from the individual carpels: Each of their small individual berries is similar in structure to a drupe, for example cherry, and has a thin outer skin like the latter.

Jun 21
2016

It is also called the "queen of berry fruits". Contrary to its name, from a botanical point of view, the strawberry is not one of the berries, but one of the aggregate nut fruits.

Jun 21
2016

Blueberries are one of the few foods that have their blue color naturally. Unlike artificial food dyes, the blue plant pigment in blueberries has a health-promoting effect.

Jun 21
2016

Botanically, raspberries are not berries, but aggregate fruits formed from the individual carpels.

Jun 21
2016

The berries of elderberry are not actually berries, they are drupes.

Jun 21
2016

The name "flour berry" probably comes from the fact that the red dried and ground fruits of the shrub were added to the ordinary flour for baking bread or replaced it entirely, especially in post-war times.

Jun 21
2016

Mulberry is often found in areas where the climate is mild. For example, in areas where viticulture is also practiced.

Jun 21
2016

Cloudberry grows only wild, its yield is thus relatively low, which makes it the most expensive wild berry in the world.

Jun 21
2016

For many, lingonberries and cranberries are the same thing for some even. From a botanical point of view, this is wrong, because lingonberries and cranberries are related, but still have significant differences in appearance and taste.

Jun 21
2016

The cranberry grows preferentially on boggy soils. Its locations are mainly in nature reserves, so collecting the fruit is possible only in exceptional cases.

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