Laurocerasus undulata

Roem.

Rosaceae Edible: Fruit

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Description

A shrub or small tree. It grows 5-16 m tall. The leaves are narrowly oval or sword shaped and 6-15 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. The flowers are in groups of 10-30 flowers. The petals are yellowish white. The fruit is fleshy and purple to black. They are oval and 1-1.6 cm long by 0.7-1.1 cm wide.

Edible Uses

The fruit are eaten.

Distribution

It is a subtropical plant. In Sikkim it grows between 2,400-3,200 m above sea level. In southern China it grows between 500-3,600 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

Where It Grows

Asia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Sikkim, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam,

Production

In southern China plants flower in August to October and fruit in winter and spring.

Also Known As

Lekh arupate

References (5)

Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 9
Li, S., et al, 2020, Monpa, memory, and change: an ethnobotanical study of plant use in Mêdog County, South-east Tibet, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. (2020) 16:5 p 22
Savita, et al, 2006, Studies on wild edible plants of ethnic people in east Sikkim. Asian J. of Bio Sci. (2006) Vol. 1 No. 2 : 117-125
Sundriyal, M., et al, 1998, Wild edibles and other useful plants from the Sikkim Himalaya, India. Oecologia Montana 7:43-54
Sundriyal, M., et al, 2004, Dietary Use of Wild Plant Resources in the Sikkim Himalaya, India. Economic Botany 58(4) pp 626-638