Showing Food Common chokecherry
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| Name | Common chokecherry | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Prunus virginiana | ||||||||||
| Description | Prunus virginiana, commonly called bitter-berry, chokecherry, Virginia bird cherry and western chokecherry (also black chokecherry for P. virginiana var. demissa), is a species of bird cherry (Prunus subgenus Padus) native to North America; the natural historic range of P. virginiana includes most of the continent, except for the far north and far south. The fruit are about .4 inch diameter, range in color from bright red to black, with a very astringent taste, being both somewhat sour and somewhat bitter. The very ripe berries are dark in color and less astringent and more sweet than the red berries. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00562 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Fruits | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Drupes | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 24806 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Common_chokecherry | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. — Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181. | ||||||||||