EPPO Global Database

Vaccinium macrocarpon(VACMA)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-11

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: VACMA
  • Preferred name: Vaccinium macrocarpon
  • Authority: Aiton

Notes

Eastern Canada and USA. Introduced in the western coastal states, where cultivated varieties are grown for the fruits on a large scale. Also in other continents (for example, in Netherlands in Europe)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Oxycoccus macrocarpos (Aiton) Pursh

Common names
Name Language
American cranberry English (GB)
cranberry English
large cranberry English (US)
large-fruited cranberry English
Amerika-Torfbeere German
große Moosbeere German
großfrüchtige Moosbeere German
Krannbeere German
Kulturpreiselbeere German
airelle à gros fruits French
airelle du Canada French
canneberge à grands fruits French
canneberge à gros fruits French
canneberge du Canada French
arándano americano Spanish
mirtillo del Canadà Italian
grote veenbes Dutch
lepeltjeheide Dutch
arando-de-baga-vermelha Portuguese
клюква крупноплодная Russian