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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

French name

Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Prunus virginiana L.

Rosaceae

N M North America (Canada: N British Columbia to Newfoundland; USA: Alaska, Washington to Maine to Georgia, California to Texas) int MW Eurasia (France, former Czechoslovakia, Russia)

NW NC NE MW MC ME

[S]

hel hyg->mes basi

dr dr(ob) (leaves, bark and roots to prepare sedative, tea and tonic) fd (cooked fruits) fr pl sa ti tx (fruits pips)

choke cherry; black chokcherry, California chokecherry; choke-cherry (Canada); chokecherry, chuckley-plum, common choke cherry, common chokecherry, eastern chokcherry; red choke cherry (Canada); sloetree, western chokcherry, wild cherry

cerisier de Virginie; cerisier, cerisier à grappes (Canada); cerisier foncé, cerisier sauvage

capulin

Virginische Traubenkirche (german); ciliegio della Virginia (italian)

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Latin name	Prunus virginiana L.
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	N M North America (Canada: N British Columbia to Newfoundland; USA: Alaska, Washington to Maine to Georgia, California to Texas) int MW Eurasia (France, former Czechoslovakia, Russia)
North America distribution zone	NW NC NE MW MC ME
Height	[S]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg->mes basi
Use	dr dr(ob) (leaves, bark and roots to prepare sedative, tea and tonic) fd (cooked fruits) fr pl sa ti tx (fruits pips)
Synonym
English name	choke cherry; black chokcherry, California chokecherry; choke-cherry (Canada); chokecherry, chuckley-plum, common choke cherry, common chokecherry, eastern chokcherry; red choke cherry (Canada); sloetree, western chokcherry, wild cherry
French name	cerisier de Virginie; cerisier, cerisier à grappes (Canada); cerisier foncé, cerisier sauvage
Spanish name	capulin
Other name	Virginische Traubenkirche (german); ciliegio della Virginia (italian)
Trade name