name: Common Chokecherry

flavor_db_name_variants: common chokecherry

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Common chokecherry

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name_scientific: Prunus virginiana

description: Prunus virginiana, commonly called bitter-berry, chokecherry, Virginia bird cherry and western chokecherry (also black chokecherry for P. virginiana var. demissa), is a species of bird cherry (Prunus subgenus Padus) native to North America; the natural historic range of P. virginiana includes most of the continent, except for the far north and far south. The fruit are about .4 inch diameter, range in color from bright red to black, with a very astringent taste, being both somewhat sour and somewhat bitter. The very ripe berries are dark in color and less astringent and more sweet than the red berries.

itis_id: 24806

wikipedia_id: Common_chokecherry

picture_file_name: 576.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 57884

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:35:29.000Z

legacy_id: 603

food_group: Fruits

food_subgroup: Drupes

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:49.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:27.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 133204

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00562