Maddenia hypoleuca

Koehne

Rosaceae Edible: Fruit

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Description

A small tree. It grows 2-7 m tall. The leaves are oval or oblong and 4-9 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. They are whitish underneath. The fruit are fleshy and purplish black. They are oval and 8 mm across.

Edible Uses

The fruit is edible.

Distribution

It is a temperate plant. In China it grows on slopes in sparse forests between 1,000-1,800 m above sea level.

Where It Grows

Asia, China,

Production

In China plants flower in April and fruit in June.

References (2)

Kang, Y., et al, 2014, Wild food plants used by the Tibetans of Gongba Valley (Zouqu country, Gansu, China) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 10:20
www.efloras.org Flora of China Volume 9