Cerasus microcarpa

(C. A. Meyer) Boiss.

Dag erigi

RosaceaeFruit
Cerasus microcarpa
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Cerasus microcarpa
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Cerasus microcarpa
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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten raw.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant.

Europe, Turkey, Türkiye, Turkmenistan,

Countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine

How to Identify

A shrub or small tree in the Rosaceae family found in temperate regions. It produces small fruit suitable for fresh eating.

Names & Synonyms

Belalok, Belaluk, Fikt

Probably Prunus
References (3)
  • Ertug, F., 2000, An Ethnobotanical Study in Central Anatolia (Turkey). Economic Botany Vol. 54. No. 2. pp. 155-182
  • Yesil, Y., et al, 2019, Wild edible plants in Yeşilli (Mardin-Turkey), a multicultural area. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2019) 15:52
  • Yesil, Y., et al, 2019, Traditional knowledge of wild edible plants in Hasankeyf (Batman Province, Turkey). Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae. 88(3):3633

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