Cotoneaster nebrodensis

(Guss.) Koch.

Dlakava dunjarica

RosaceaeFruit
Cotoneaster nebrodensis
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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten fresh and used to make jam.

Where to Find It

It is a Mediterranean climate plant.

Australia, Balkans, Bosnia, Europe, Slovenia,

Countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Australia, 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, Ukraine

How to Identify

A Mediterranean shrub in the Rosaceae family with edible fruit.

Names & Synonyms
Cotoneaster parnassicus Boiss. & Heldr.Cotoneaster tomentosus (Aiton) Lindl.and others
References (2)
  • Cerne, M., 1992, Wild Plants from Slovenia used as Vegetables. Acta Horticulturae 318 (As Cotoneaster tomentosus)
  • Redzic, S. J., 2006, Wild Edible Plants and their Traditional Use in the Human Nutrition in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 45:189-232

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