WHORTELBERRY(Vaccinium uliginosum)   A plant of whortelberry Family: Ericaceae Other names: Bog billberry, Bog Whortelberry Whortelberry is a plant from very cold areas in the temperate or even low altitude arctic regions of the Norhern Hemisphere.  It is found in such geographical areas of Europe, North America and Asia. Description: A small

LINGONBERRY(Vaccinium vitis-idea) Lingonberry bushe in forest Other names: Cowberry, foxberry, lowbush cranbaerry, mountain cranberry, partridgeberry, redberry. Family: Ericaceae Lingonberry is one of those fruits which are still not under commercial cultivation in spite of the fact their wide use.  The fruits are collected from the wild growing bushes and traded for

LOW BUSH BLUEBERRY(Vaccinium salicinum) A plant of low bush blueberry Family: Ericaceae Synonyms:  Vaccinium uliginosum salicinum Low bush blueberry is one of very hardy fruits from North America.  It can be seen growing wild on peat bogs, rocky barrens and tundra from Alaska to New York.  It bears small edible fruits which

KAMCHATKA BILBERRY(Vaccinium praestans)  A plant of kamchatka bilberry  Family: Ericaceae Other names: Iwa tsusuji, krasnika Kamchatka bilberry seems to come from East Russia which is known for its cold and harsh climate.  It is known more as a garden plant and not as a fruit tree though it bears edible fruits which

BLUE HUCKLEBERRY(Vaccinium ovalifolium) A portion of blue a huckleberry bush Family:  Ericaceae Other names: Oval leaf blueberry Blue huckleberry is also a fruit of North America.  Its plants can be seen growing wild in coastal forests throughout southern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. Description: It is a spreading shrub which may grow to 5 feet (1.5 m) tall. It has

BLUEBERRY(Vaccinium myrtillus)   A wild growing bush of blueberry Family: Ericaceae Other name: Common billberry, billberry. Blueberry can be seen growing wild on moorland and acid ground, including woods with open canopy in the temperate zones of Europe, Asia and North America.  The site of its origin has not been determined yet. 

MOUNTAIN CRANBRRY(Vaccinium erythrocarpum) A plant of mountain cranberry Synonyms: Hugeriaerythrocarpa, Oxycoccuserythrocarpus, Vaccinium japonicum Other name: Bearberry Family: Ericaceae Mountain cranberry is a shrub native to southeastern North America at high altitudes in the southern Appalachian Mountains, and also in eastern Asia.  In nature it grows in thickets, rocky woods and summits.   Fruits of mountain

DWARF BLUEBERRY(Vaccinium caespitosum) A plant of dwarf blueberry in full bloom Family:  Ericaceae Dwarf blueberry is another of the several blueberries found growing in North America.  It is found across Canada and in the northern half of the United States.             It is a low-lying plant rarely reaching half a meter in

ALASKA BLUEBERRY(Vaccinium alaskaense) A bush of Alaska blue berry late in the season Family: Ericaceae Alaska blueberry is ommon in the Cascades and coastal  mountains from Alaska to northwest Oregon.  It grows all of Alaska except portions of the northern coastal plain and western Aleutians.  It is the most wide spread of wild growing blueberries in Alaska. Description: Perennial shrub, taller than the

SUGAR PLUM(Upaca kirkiana)  Sugar plum tree Family: Phyllanthaceae Local names:  Mushuku, umhobohobo. Sugar plum is a fruit from Africa.  It can be commonly seen growing wild upto an elevation of 1850 m in Tropical Africa from Burundi south to Zimbabwe and Mozambique It is one of those wild growing fruits, which