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Cerasus cerasoides

(Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) S. Y. Sokolov

Rosaceae Edible: Fruit

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(c) Ryan E. Gray, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Description

A temperate tree in the Rosaceae family, native to Yunnan in China. The fruit are eaten raw and represent the primary edible portion of this species.

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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. It grows in Yunnan in China.

Where It Grows

Asia, China,

References (2)

  • Geng, Y., et al, 2016, Traditional knowledge and its transmission of wild edibles used by the Naxi in Baidi Village, northwest Yunnan province. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 12:10
  • Ghorbani, A., et al, 2012, A comparison of the wild food plant use knowledge of ethnic minorities in Naban River Watershed Nature Reserve, Yunnan, SW China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; 8:17

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