Blackberry ( Bramble berries )

 

About:

Blackberries are called bramble berries, because they grow on thorny bushes.Tall, thorny, arching cane with palm. The toothed leaves are compound which divided into segments, called leaflets. Since the leaflets, like  fingers, originate from a dot rather than a line, the leaves are called palmate-compound. Each leaf usually.....
has 3-7 sharply-toothed leaflets.
In the spring, sweet-smelling, white, 5-petaled, radially-symmetrical flowers about as wide as a quarter drape the bushes.
The fruit which ripens from mid-summer to early fall goes from green to red and then into black.People sometimes confuse raspberry fruits with blackberries. A raspberry is hollow. When pick it, it leaves a cone-shaped receptacle behind.

Nutrition & Health :

Blackberries are a delicious source of vitamins A, B, C, E, calcium, fiber and iron. In fact, just a half-cup serving of raw blackberries has about the same fiber content as a three-fourths cup of brown rice. These great tasting superfoods offer you and your family a flavorful way to get the essential nutrients needed for a balanced diet.