Blackberry / Zarzamora

Aniés, Huesca (Spain).

ENGLISH
The blackberries (singular, blackberry; genus Rubus, subgenus Eubatus; also called bramble or occasionally "bramble raspberry") are a widespread and well known group of several hundred species, a number of which are closely related apomictic microspecies, native throughout the temperate Northern hemisphere.

Superstition in the UK holds that blackberries should not be picked after Michaelmas (29 September) as the devil has claimed them, having left a mark on the leaves by urinating on them. There is some value behind this legend as after this date wetter and cooler weather often allows the fruit to become infected by various molds such as Botryotinia which give the fruit an unpleasant look and may be toxic.

Blackberries are notable for their high nutritional contents of dietary fiber, vitamin C, vitamin K, folic acid - a B vitamin, and the essential mineral, manganese (table).

Blackberries rank highly among fruits for antioxidant strength, particularly due to their dense contents of polyphenolic compounds, such as ellagic acid, tannins, ellagitannins, quercetin, gallic acid, anthocyanins and cyanidins.

Blackberries have an ORAC value (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) of 5347 per 100 grams, including them among the top-ranked ORAC fruits. Another report using a different assay for assessing antioxidant strength placed blackberry at the top of more than 1000 antioxidant foods consumed in the United States.

Blackberries are exceptional among other Rubus berries for their numerous, large seeds not always preferred by consumers. They contain rich amounts of omega-3 (alpha-linolenic acid) and -6 fats (linoleic acid), protein, dietary fiber, carotenoids, ellagitannins and ellagic acid.

More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackberry

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CASTELLANO
La zarza (Rubus ulmifolius) es un arbusto de aspecto sarmentoso, cuyas ramas, espinosas y de sección pentagonal, pueden crecer hasta 3 metros. Pertenece a la familia de las rosáceas y es popularmente conocido por sus frutos: las zarzamoras.

Su fruto llamada zarzamora o mora es comestible. Desde el punto de vista botánico el está formada por muchas pequeñas drupas arracimadas y unidas entre sí (polidrupa), de color rojo tornándose a negro al madurar.

La zarzamora es una fruta del bosque dulce muy popular en pastelería para la preparación de postres, mermeladas y jaleas y, a veces, vinos y licores.

Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_ulmifolius