576 Common chokecherry Prunus virginiana 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. 24806 Common_chokecherry 576.jpg image/jpeg 57884 2012-04-20T09:35:29Z 603 Fruits Drupes Type 1 2011-02-09T00:37:49Z 2019-05-14T18:05:27Z false specific 133204 true FOOD00562