Sorbus foliolosa

(Wallich) Spach

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The ripe fruit are eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a subtropical plant. It grows between 2,400-4,000 m altitude in the Himalayas. In Yunnan.

Asia, Bhutan, Canada, China, Himalayas, India, Myanmar, Nepal, North America, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Sikkim, Tibet,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Antigua & Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bahamas, Bhutan, Belize, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, St Kitts & Nevis, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, St Lucia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Mexico, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Nepal, Oman, Panama, Philippines, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, El Salvador, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, Taiwan, United States, Uzbekistan, St Vincent, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A large shrub or small tree. The bark peels off in strips across the trunk. The twigs are almost without hairs. The leaves are 6-12 cm long and have 9-15 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are narrow and have sharp teeth along the edge. The leaflets are 2.3-4 cm long. The flowers have long white downy hairs. The flowers are white or greenish-white and in dense flat topped clusters. They have an unpleasant smell. The petals are rounded and 2-3 mm across. The fruit is round or oval and red or bluish-red.

Names & Synonyms

Jungli seo, Ranreg

Photinia foliolosa (Wall.) KoehnePyrus foliolosa Wall.Pyrus wallichii Hook.f.Sorbus himalaica Gebriejan

References (7)

Ambasta, S.P. (Ed.), 2000, The Useful Plants of India. CSIR India. p 586
Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 9
Hist. nat. veg. 2:96. 1834
Negi, P. S. & Subramani, S. P., 2015, Wild Edible Plant Genetic Resources for Sustainable Food Security and Livelihood of Kinnaur District, Himachal Pradesh, India, International Journal of Conservation Science. 6 (4): 657-668
Polunin, O., & Stainton, A., 2006, Flowers of the Himalaya, Oxford India Paperbacks. p 122
Rawat, G.S., & Pangtey, Y.P.S., 1987, A Contribution to the Ethnobotany of Alpine Regions of Kumaon. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Vol. 11 No. 1 pp 139-147
www.Efloras.org Annotated checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal.

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