Padus grayana

(Maxim.) C. K. Schneider

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Flowers, Fruit

The flowers and fruit are edible.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. It grows on sandy coasts and among rocks. It also grows in mixed forests between 1,000-3,800 m above sea level. In Melbourne Botanical gardens. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

Asia, Australia, China, Japan,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, 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 8-10 m tall. The branches are blackish brown. The leaves are greyish green and oval or oblong. They are 4-10 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. There are many flowers in a group and the flowers are 7-8 mm across. The petals are white. The fruit are blackish-brown and oval. They are 5-6 mm across.

Production

In China plants flower April to May and fruit June to September.

Names & Synonyms

Padus acrophylla C. K. Schneid.Prunus grayana Maxim.Prunus padus var. japonica Miq.

References (2)

Chen, B. & Qiu, Z., Consumer's Attitudes towards Edible Wild Plants, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. p 24 www.hindawi.com/journals/ijfr/aip/872413.pdf
www.efloras.org Flora of China Volume 9

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