List of wild fruits
Wild fruits (or wild fruits ) are the fruits of types of fruit that have only been little cultivated by humans. The transition to cultivated fruit is often fluid. Therefore, wild and cultivated fruits cannot always be clearly distinguished from one another.
List of wild fruits
Wild fruits are grown commercially, albeit to a far lesser extent than in intensive fruit growing. There are also a few types of grades. In general, it should be noted that sometimes only individual species of a genus produce edible fruits or fruits that can be used in the kitchen, whereas others can be inedible or poisonous. Here are some examples:
- Barberry family (Berberidaceae)
- Barberry , buckthorn ( Berberis vulgaris )
- Common Oregon grape ( Mahonia aquifolium )
- Birch family ( Betulaceae )
- Hazelnut ( Corylus )
- Honeysuckle Family ( Caprifoliaceae )
- Honeysuckle ( Lonicera )
- Blue honeysuckle ( Lonicera caerulea )
- Elderberry ( sambucus )
- Black elder ( Sambucus nigra )
- Red elder ( Sambucus racemosa )
- Snowball ( viburnum )
- Common snowball ( Viburnum opulus )
- American snowball ( Viburnum trilobum )
- Honeysuckle ( Lonicera )
- Ginkgo family ( Ginkgoaceae )
- Ginkgo , Ginko ( Ginkgo )
- Dogwood family ( Cornacea )
- Cornelian cherry, dogwood ( Cornus )
- Asiatic flower dogwood ( Cornus kousa )
- Cornelian cherry ( Cornus mas )
- Red dogwood ( Cornus sanguinea )
- Cornelian cherry, dogwood ( Cornus )
- Heather family ( Ericaceae )
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Pine family ( Pinaceae )
- Mediterranean pine , umbrella pine ( Pinus pinea )
- Swiss stone pine , Swiss stone pine ( Pinus cembra )
- Buckthorn Family ( Rhamnaceae )
- Breastberry , Jujube ( Ziziphus )
- Mulberry family ( Moraceae )
- Mulberry ( Morus )
- Black Mulberry ( Morus nigra )
- White Mulberry ( Morus alba )
- Paper Mulberry ( Broussonetia )
- Mulberry ( Morus )
- Nightshade family ( Solanaceae )
- Wolfberry ( Lycium )
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Bladder Cherry ( Physalis )
- Bladder Cherry ( Physalis )
- Wild bladder cherry , lantern flower ( Physalis alkekenghi )
- Andean berry ( Physalis peruviana )
- Olive family ( Elaeagnaceae )
- Buffalo Berry ( Shepherdia )
- Olive willow ( Elaeagnus )
- Sea buckthorn ( Hippophae rhamnoides )
- Pimpernuss family ( Staphyleaceae )
- Pimpernut ( Staphylea )
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Rose family ( Rosaceae )
- Apple, crab apple , crab apple ( malus )
- Berry apple ( Malus baccata )
- Cherry apple ( Malus prunifolia )
- Chokeberry ( Aronia )
- Pear, wooden pear ( Pyrus )
- Wild pear ( pyrus pyraster )
- Rock pear ( Amelanchier )
- Ornamental quince, dwarf quince ( Chaenomeles )
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Hawthorn ( Crataegus )
- Azarol thorn ( Crataegus azarolus )
- Blackberries , raspberries ( Rubus )
- Strawberry ( Fragaria )
- Apple, crab apple , crab apple ( malus )
- Wild strawberry ( Fragaria vesca )
- Apple rose ( Rosa villosa )
- Dog rose ( Rosa canina )
- Potato rose ( Rosa rugosa )
- Wine rose ( Rosa rubiginosa )
- Blood plum ( Prunus cerasifera in varieties)
- Oat plum ( Prunus domestica ssp. Insititia )
- Cherry plum ( Prunus cerasifera )
- Rock cherry ( Prunus mahaleb )
- Laurel cherry ( Prunus laurocerasus )
- Bird cherry ( Prunus padus )
- Late bird cherry ( Prunus serotina )
- Steppe cherry ( Prunus fruticosa )
- Bird cherry ( Prunus avium )
- Sloe ( Prunus spinosa )
- Service tree ( Sorbus torminalis )
- Whitebeam ( Sorbus aria )
- Service tree ( Sorbus domestica )
- Rowanberry ( Sorbus aucuparia )
- Swedish whitebeam ( Sorbus intermedia )
Special
The wild fruit trees were named Tree of the Year in Austria in 2010 .
literature
- Bundessortenamt: Descriptive list of wild fruit varieties 1999. Landbuch-Verlag, Hannover 1999, ISSN 1430-9378
- Jeanne Dericks-Tan, Gabriele Vollbrecht: On the trail of wild fruits in Europe. Abadi Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-00-021129-2 .
- Roger Phillips: The Cosmos Book of Wild Fruits - A Great Cosmos Nature Guide. Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-440-05251-6 .
- Robert Zander : Zander. Concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Walter Erhardt , Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold . 18th edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8001-5408-1 .