Prunus susquehanae

hort ex Willd.

Appalachian sand plum, Sesquehana sandcherry

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. It grow in sandy and barren areas.

Canada, North America, USA,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent

How to Identify

A shrub. It grows 1 m tall. The leaves are silvery blue-green underneath. The leaves are simple with teeth along the edge. It loses its leaves in winter. The leaves are 3-7 cm long by 1.5-3 cm wide. The fruit is fleshy.

Names & Synonyms

Cerasus susquehanae (Willd.) SweetPrunus cuneata Raf.Prunus pumila var. susquehanaeand others

References (1)

Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 99 (As Prunus cuneata)

What to Eat

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