Mahonia borealis
Takeda
BerberidaceaeFruit
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Wikimedia Commons - Dinesh Valke from Thane, India
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in moist shaded forests between 1,800-2,500 m above sea level in the Himalayas.
Asia, Himalayas, India,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, 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 shrub that keeps its leaves throughout the year. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. The leaves are crowded towards the ends of the branches. There are 5-17 leaflets. They are long and have teeth or spines along the edge. They are pale coloured underneath. The flowers are yellow and have a sweet scent. They are in dense erect groups. The fruit are oval and blue-black.
Production
Fruit are available in May and June.
Names & Synonyms
Upreti, K., et al, 2010, Diversity and Distribution of Wild Edible Fruit Plants of Uttarakhand. Bioversity Potentials of the Himalaya. p 174
