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botanical illustration of Blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum

botanical record · discovered

Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

Blueberry · Airelle en corymbe, Myrtille en corymbe, Myrtille arbustive, Grande myrtille, Myrtille américaine, Bleuet en corymbe, Bleuet géant, Bleuet · American Blueberry · American blueberry · Amerikanische Blaubeere · Amerikanische Strauch-Heidelbeere · Amerikansk blåbær · Highbush Blueberry · Highbush blueberry (EN) · Llus America · Llusen America · New Jersey Blueberry

At a glance

Origin / distribution: not documented

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: not documented

Science studied: ACETIC-ACID-HEXYL-ESTER, ESCULETIN, ALANINE, ASCORBIC-ACID

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Ericaceae

Scientific name: Vaccinium corymbosum

Common names: Blueberry, Airelle en corymbe, Myrtille en corymbe, Myrtille arbustive, Grande myrtille, Myrtille américaine, Bleuet en corymbe, Bleuet géant, Bleuet, American Blueberry, American blueberry, Amerikanische Blaubeere, Amerikanische Strauch-Heidelbeere, Amerikansk blåbær, Highbush Blueberry, Highbush blueberry (EN), Llus America, Llusen America, New Jersey Blueberry

POWO: 261823-2 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone

History

Historical context is not documented in this record.

Origins and distribution

not documented in this record

Documented cultural uses

not documented in this record

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

  • Valorization of Vaccinium corymbosum Leaf Waste for Silver Nanoparticles: Characterization and In Vitro Biological Dynamics · 2026 source ↗
  • Non-climacteric but genotype-dependent ethylene response characteristics in highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) fruit ripening. · 2026 source ↗
  • Transcriptome based WGCNA analysis reveals the mechanisms underlying corolla abscission in blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.). · 2026 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • ACETIC-ACID-HEXYL-ESTER
  • ESCULETIN
  • ALANINE
  • ASCORBIC-ACID
  • ASPARTIC-ACID
  • BENZYL-ALCOHOL
  • BORON
  • BUTANOIC-ACID
  • BUTAN-2-OL
  • BUTYRIC-ACID-HEX-TRANS-2-ENYL-ESTER
  • CAFFEIC-ACID
  • CARBOHYDRATES
  • BETA-CAROTENE
  • (+)-CATECHIN
  • CHRYSANTHEMIN
  • 1,8-CINEOLE
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  • TRANS-CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL
  • TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE
  • COPPER
  • P-COUMARIC-ACID
  • P-COUMARIC-ACID-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
  • BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN
  • CYANIDIN
  • CYANIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-GALACTOSIDE
  • CYANIN
  • CYSTINE
  • GAMMA-DECALACTONE
  • DELPHINIDIN
  • DELPHINIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-GALACTOSIDE
  • DELPHINIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
  • DELPHININ
  • P-DIMETHYL-ALPHA-STYRENE
  • EUGENOL
  • FARNESOL
  • FARNESOL-ACETATE
  • FERULIC-ACID
  • FERULIC-ACID-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
  • FIBER
  • FRUCTOSE
  • GALLIC-ACID
  • GERANIOL
  • GLUTAMIC-ACID
  • HEXAN-1-0L
  • HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-AL
  • HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL
  • HISTIDINE
  • P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
  • 4-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID
  • HYDROXY-ISOCARVOMENTHOL
  • HYPEROSIDE
  • BETA-IONONE
  • ISOEUGENOL
  • ISOLEUCINE
  • ISOQUERCITRIN
  • KILOCALORIES
  • LEUCINE
  • LINALOL
  • MALVIDIN
  • MALVIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE
  • MALVIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
  • MALVIN
  • MANGANESE
  • METHIONINE
  • 2-METHYL-BUTANOIC-ACID
  • MYRCENE
  • MYRICETIN
  • MYRICETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
  • NEOMYRTILLIN
  • OCTAN-1-OL
  • OLEANOLIC-ACID
  • PANTOTHENIC-ACID
  • PENTAN-1-OL
  • PENT-1-EN-3-OL
  • PEONIDIN
  • PEONIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE
  • PEONIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
  • PETUNIDIN
  • PETUNIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE
  • PETUNIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-GALACTOSIDE
  • PETUNIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
  • PHENYLALANINE
  • 2-PHENYLETHANOL
  • PHLOROGLUCINOL
  • ALPHA-PINENE
  • PROANTHOCYANIN
  • PROTEIN
  • PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
  • QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
  • QUERCITRIN
  • ROSMARINIC-ACID
  • RUTIN
  • SCOPOLETIN
  • BETA-SITOSTEROL
  • ALPHA-TERPINEOL
  • ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
  • TRYPTOPHAN
  • VALINE
  • VANILLIC-ACID
  • 4-VINYL-PHENOL
  • VIT-B-6
  • WATER
  • CAFFEIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
  • ALPHA-CEDRENE
  • GALLIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
  • HEX-TRANS-2-1-AL
  • NEROL
  • ORIENTIN
  • SERINE
  • THREONINE
  • ACETIC-ACID
  • ARGININE
  • BENZALDEHYDE
  • BUTAN-1-OL
  • CALCIUM
  • ALPHA-CAROTENE
  • CITRONELLOL
  • P-CRESOL
  • CYANIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE
  • DELPHINIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE
  • ELLAGIC-ACID
  • FAT
  • FOLACIN
  • GLUCOSE
  • HEXAN-1-AL
  • HEX-TRANS-2-1-OL
  • HYDROXY-CITRONELLOL
  • IRON
  • ISOVALERIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER
  • LYSINE
  • MALVIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-GALACTOSIDE
  • 2-METHOXY-5-VINYL-PHENOL
  • MYRISTICIN
  • NONAN-1-OL
  • PENTAN-1-OIC-ACID
  • PENTYL-FURAN
  • PEONIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-GALACTOSIDE
  • PHENOL
  • 3-PHENYL-PROPAN-1-OL
  • PIPERONAL
  • PROLINE
  • QUERCETIN
  • SODIUM
  • THYMOL
  • URSOLIC-ACID
  • VANILLIN
  • ZINC
  • MAGNESIUM
  • NIACIN
  • PHOSPHORUS
  • THIAMIN
  • TYROSINE
  • CAPROIC-ACID
  • PHYLLOQUINONE
  • CHLOROGENIC-ACID
  • ASH
  • GLYCINE
  • POTASSIUM
  • RIBOFLAVIN
  • CARYOPHYLLENE
  • LIMONENE
  • PULEGONE
  • RESVERATROL

Legality

No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.

Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.

Reference images

Vaccinium corymbosum
Vaccinium corymbosum · Darkone (talk · contribs)

Sources

Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP

World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0

show claim source mapping
  • identity · DH-SRC-0030
  • documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
  • compounds · DH-SRC-0030
  • taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
  • powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
  • wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗

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