Sorbus umbellata

(Desf.) Fritsch

Yabani elma

RosaceaeFruit

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The ripe fruit are eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant.

Armenia, Caucasus, Turkey, Türkiye,

Countries: Turkey

How to Identify

A temperate tree in the Rosaceae family that produces ripe fruit suitable for eating.

Names & Synonyms

Geyik elmasi, Uvez

Crataegus flabellifolia SpachCrataegus umbellata Desf.Sorbus flabellifolia (Spach) Hedl.,p.p.27492Sorbus graeca var. turcica (Zinserl.) GabrieljanSorbus umbellata var. flabellifolia (Spach) C.K.Schneid.,p.p.27492Sorbus umbellata subsp. umbellataSorbus umbellata var. umbellata

References (5)

Ertug, F., 2000, An Ethnobotanical Study in Central Anatolia (Turkey). Economic Botany Vol. 54. No. 2. pp. 155-182
Ertug, F, Yenen Bitkiler. Resimli Türkiye Florası -I- Flora of Turkey - Ethnobotany supplement
Gunes, S. et al, 2018, Survey of wild food plants for human consumption in Karaisali (Adana-Turkey). Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. Vol. 17(2), April 2018, pp 290-298
Kargioglu, M., et al, 2008, An Ethnobotanical Survey of Inner-West Anatolia, Turkey. Human Ecology 36:763-777
Postman, J. D., et al, 2012, Recent NPGS Coordinated Expeditions in the Trans-Caucasus Region to Collect Wild Relatives of Temperate Fruit and Nut Crops. In Acta Horticulturae Number 948 p 191-198

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