Cerasus tomentosa

(Thunb.) Wall. ex T.T. Yu & C. L. Li

Rosaceae Edible: Fruit

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Description

A shrub. It grows 1 m tall. The young branches are purple to brown. The leaf blades are narrowly oval and 2-7 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. There are teeth along the edge. The flowers can occur as one or two in a group. The fruit are red and almost round. They are 5-12 mm across.

Edible Uses

The fruit are eaten fresh.

Traditional Uses

The fruit are eaten fresh.

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Distribution

It is a temperate and tropical plant. It grows in Yunnan in China. In Sichuan.

Where It Grows

Asia, China, Tibet,

Production

In Yunnan the fruit are harvested in July to September.

Also Known As

Gen xing, He wu, Nuasi

References (4)

Cheng, Z., et al, 2022, Ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants used by Dulong people in northwestern Yunnan, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2022) 18:3
Fan, L., et al, The Use of Edible Wild Plants and Fungi in Korean-Chinese Villages. Journal of Environmental Information Science 44-5 p 71-79
Ju, Y., et al, 2013, Eating from the wild: diversity of wild edible plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la region, Yunnan, China, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethno medicine 9:28
Wang, J. et al, 2013, A Study on the Utilization of Wild Plants for Food in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Plant Diversity and Resources. 35(4): 416-471