Vaccinium consanguineum

Vaccinium consanguineum is an arborescent shrub 0.5-10m tall (on average 1-3m tall) whose very woody stems are first puberulent in appearance, and become glabrous with age. == Cultivation ==

The plant takes advantage of disturbed areas and edges of the oak forest or páramo for its development, where it is common to find it. Its flowering coincides with the wet season, and its fruiting with the beginning of the dry season, therefore it is common to find its fruits in December and February, even until April, when its flowering ends. It reproduces easily from its rhizome, which is used as a dispersal method in nature, similarly to species of the Rubus genus. == Usage ==

The fruit can be consumed directly, or used for the manufacture of juice and jelly, which acquires a consistency very similar to that produced with blackberry fruits, but which does not differ in flavor from the jelly produced with other more common species of the genus Vaccinium. == Risks ==

The fruit of V. consanguineum can be confused with the fruit of a very similar looking species '''', which possesses a toxic compound tentatively named pernettine. ==References==