Is this Aronia aka Chokeeberry?

Will-o'-the-wisp · #1 (**permalink**) 08-09-2011, 05:35 PM

Hi, first post of many.

Hope you can help.

Could you tell me if this is Aronia aka Chokeberry? Spooted on the side of a cycle track in the south west.

Aronia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Avocado like substance when squished.

If this is not Aronia, where can it be found in the UK (if at all) and when is the right time to pick.

Hedera · #2 (**permalink**) 08-09-2011, 05:45 PM

It looks more like Dogwood to me! I remember my Canadian cousin made me taste a chokeberry - never again!

Will-o'-the-wisp · #3 (**permalink**) 08-09-2011, 05:51 PM

I think you are right!

Got my hopes up

Any idea if it can be found in the UK and is it common (easy to find) and where is the best place to look.

Hope you can help

Dorts · #4 (**permalink**) 08-09-2011, 06:13 PM

Welcome to WAB Will-o'-the-wisp.

Yes, I agree with Hedrera, Dogwood - Cornus sanguinea.
Aronia species (Chokeberry), have very seldom been recorded growing 'wild' in Britain.
Dorts.

Will-o'-the-wisp · #5 (**permalink**) 08-09-2011, 06:25 PM

Aww thought that might be the case. My girlfriend brought some beverage back from Poland called Nalewka that was made using Aronia that had been picked from a bush/shrub. Very tasty and wanted to make some but I needed aronia, ah well. Thanks for the ID.