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English
name:
Cranberry
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Own
language name: Canneberge
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Description:
perennial
creeping plant,
2 -
15
cm
high,
flowers
from mei to july composed of 4 pink petals.
Simple,
alternate, evergreen leaves with entire, in-rolled margins and acute
tips. The leaves are glabrous and strongly whitened beneath and are
usually less than 3 mm wide and 8 mm long (most are considerably
smaller). Rode
small spheric fruits
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Habitat:
active peats, peaty
moors, often with sphaignes
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Report about the reasons of the risk: progressive diminution of the plant owning of drying, enresinement and regression of peaty areas. |
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Categoria IUCN: 2, EN, endangered
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Possible solutions: preservation
of the habitat and interdiction of the crop.
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Culinary, medicinal and/or medicinal properties:
medicinal properties : cranberries
contains flavonoïds wich reduce bacteries fixation in urinary
system and so urinary infections.
culinary usings : fruits are used for
juice and jam confection.
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Appearance in
the Literature and Arts:
Irish musical group "Cranberries"
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