Prunus venosa

Koehne

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate or subtropical plant. It grows near the shaded banks of streams in moist locations. In the Himalayas it grows between 1,200-2,700 m above sea level.

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 medium sized tree. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are oblong or narrow and rounded at the base. They are shiny above and pale underneath. The flowers are cream and in long erect groups. The fruit is oval and red but becomes black when ripe.

Names & Synonyms

Gadh-aru

Cerasus capricida Wall.Prunus adenophylla Wall.and others

References (1)

Upreti, K., et al, 2010, Diversity and Distribution of Wild Edible Fruit Plants of Uttarakhand. Bioversity Potentials of the Himalaya. p 181

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