What kind of fruit is lingonberry ?

Lingonberry is a fruit that is good for the eyes. It accelerates the transport of blood and oxygen to the eye, strengthens the capillaries of the eye muscles and nerves, and acts as an antioxidant against free radical damage. Bilberry is very helpful in preventing visual dysfunction in young and old people.

Studies have shown that bilberry has great potential to alleviate eye dysfunction such as cataracts and eye spots.

Bilberry is highly recommended for long hours of reading, fine workers and people who are often in front of a computer or television screen. It is also useful for those who have blurred vision, eye fatigue or tearing that causes pain and burning, and who are highly sensitive to light.

1. Increase the flexibility of capillaries, which can promote the expansion and elasticity of blood vessels and prevent blood vessel rupture.

2. Provide antioxidants, which can eliminate free radicals that harden the arteries and prevent arteriosclerosis, so bilberry is known as the repairer of capillaries in the circulatory system.

3. Bilberry can not only strengthen the capillaries in the eyes, but also strengthen the capillaries in other organs and tissues of the body, so as to prevent vascular lesions in various organs.

4. Flavonoids inhibit the coagulation of platelets, which can prevent the formation of thrombosis and reduce the frequency of arteriosclerosis.

5. Eliminate free rubber ballasts: When free radicals attack the DNA DNA in cells, it is the beginning of cancer. Bilberry is an antioxidant, it is the nemesis of free radicals, and it is a scavenger of free radicals.

Bilberry, also known as blueberry, is a deciduous or evergreen shrub of the genus Bilberry of the Bilberry family, small berries are blue or purple, rich in vitamin E and flavonoid pigments and trace elements such as iron and manganese, which have anti-aging, anti-fatigue, anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory effects, and is one of the five major health foods recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and is also the pioneer type of the third generation of fruits, that is, nutritious and functional fruits.

Lingonberry as a fruit tree has been cultivated for less than 100 years, bilberry is native to North America, cultivation began in the United States, Canada and the United States are currently the largest producers of bilberry. The ecological types of bilberry are diverse; Berries have a unique flavor and rich nutrition, and the edible part is 100%; Good processing performance, can be made into dried fruits, jam, juice, ice cream, etc.; The flowers are white, the fruits are beautiful blue or purple, and the autumn leaves are red, which is an excellent type of fruit tree that combines production and ornamentation, and has a very broad prospect for development and utilization.

Lingonberry is also known as blueberry.

Bilberry (scientific name: vaccinium

Vitis-Idaea) is an evergreen dwarf shrub native to North America. Mostly born in the alpine tundra zone, single leaves alternate, leaves obovate, with 2-8 flowers, bracts red, broadly ovate, corolla white or reddish, bell-shaped, about 5 mm long, 4-lobed, filaments very short, slightly hairy, columella slightly beyond the corolla. The berries are spherical, 5-10 mm in diameter, bright red.

The flowering period is from June to July, and the fruiting period is from August to September. Bilberry leaves contain a variety of ingredients such as arbutin and ursolic acid, which can be used as medicine to treat urethritis and other diseases. The leaves of bilberry can also be used as a substitute for tea after processing.

The fruit of bilberry is fragrant and juicy, sweet and sour, containing a variety of vitamins, glucose, organic acids, etc. required by the human body, which can be eaten fresh, can also be made of wine, and made jam. It is distributed around the Arctic, from Northern and Central Europe and North America to Greenland and Asia. ——Excerpt from, detailed web search.

Blueberry is also a member of the genus Bilberry.