Black raspberry
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| Rubus occidentalis L. |
The Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) is a species of Rubus native to eastern North America, closely related to but not the same as the Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus).
Black Raspberries look much like Blackberries, though Black Raspberries taste more like and are hollow like Red Raspberries. In much of the Mid-Atlantic United States, Black Raspberries are simply called Blackberries, even though they are not.
The species has been used in the breeding of many Rubus hybrids.
Whitebark Raspberry (Rubus leucodermis elisa), very closely related to Black Raspberry, grows on the American Pacific coast from Canada to Mexico. Rubus leucodermis is also called the Black Cap Raspberry (or just Blackcap) in the western US. Both species have high contents of Anthocyanines and Ellagic acid.
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