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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: kippers garden on August 16, 2010, 09:26:13
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I am trying to identify a tree. At the moment it has red cherry like fruit, each fruit is the size of a cherry and has a stone like a cherry and is on a stalk like a cherry, but it has the skin that looks like a plum. It has a definate trunk and the leaves have serrated edges and are oval-ish without leaf hairs.
Looking through my book it is a possibility it is a Nettle tree or Cornelian Cherry but i'm really not sure. I wondered if someone could shed some light on it for me.
(Sorry i haven't a clue how to put a photo on here)
Thank you
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Could it be a myrobalan, aka cherry plum? There are lots of them fruiting in the UK at the moment - my OH and I picked about 8 kg of them yesterday, yellow- and red-skinned ones. They are often found in hedgerows as well as in gardens.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_plum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_plum)
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I think you are right...thank you so much. Can you eat the fruit?....do you eat it raw or do you cook it?
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Have you considered a red mirabelle
http://www.orangepippinshop.com/products.aspx?categoryid=1021
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I have made jam with the myrobalan plums. Quite nice, and a bit sharp but an awful lot of stones.
Ellie