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Cerasus microcarpa

(C. A. Meyer) Boiss.

Dag erigi

Rosaceae Edible: Fruit

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Description

A shrub or small tree in the Rosaceae family found in temperate regions. It produces small fruit suitable for fresh eating.

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Edible Uses

The fruit are eaten raw.

Traditional Uses

The fruit are eaten raw.

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Distribution

It is a temperate plant.

Where It Grows

Europe, Turkey, Türkiye, Turkmenistan,

Synonyms

Probably Prunus

Also Known As

Belalok, Belaluk, Fikt

References (3)

  • Ertug, F., 2000, An Ethnobotanical Study in Central Anatolia (Turkey). Economic Botany Vol. 54. No. 2. pp. 155-182
  • Yesil, Y., et al, 2019, Wild edible plants in Yeşilli (Mardin-Turkey), a multicultural area. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2019) 15:52
  • Yesil, Y., et al, 2019, Traditional knowledge of wild edible plants in Hasankeyf (Batman Province, Turkey). Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae. 88(3):3633

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