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Are choke berries edible?

Can you eat choke berries?
asked Aug 15, 2013 by anonymous

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Family: Rosaceae
Prunus virginiana

Description: The Chokecherry is usually a small tree, but if old, it can grow up to 7.5-9 meters (25-30 feet) tall. Sometimes Chokecherries grow as shrubs. In the spring, the tree has clusters of 5-petaled, white flowers, and the fruit grows in the summer. The cherry is smaller than most cherries, with a shiny-red skin. When cut open, you should find a pit, not the many seeds of an apple.

Leaves: The simple leaves are toothed, and ovate. The leaves are no more than 13 cm (5 inches) long. In the spring the leaves are green, and in the summer and fall the leaves turn dark red.

Habitat: The Chokecherry grows mostly in heavily wooded thickets.


answered Apr 1, 2017 by Birdymckee (23,640 points)

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