Padus perulata — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The black fruits are eaten.

Where to Find It

Temperate. It grows beside streams in sparse forests between 1,800-3,200 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

Asia, China,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A tree. It grows 6-12 m tall. The branches are blackish brown. The leaves are oval and 5-11 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. They are pale green underneath. There are many flowers in a group. The flowers are 5-7 mm across. The petals are white. The fruit are black and a flattened round shape. They are 7-8 mm across.

Notes

There are about 200 Prunus species.

Names & Synonyms

Prunus perulata Koehne

References (2)

Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 1476 (As Prunus perulata)
Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 9

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