Black chokeberry fruits are used to make wine, juice or jam.
Black chokeberry is related to two other species of chokeberry: red and purple.
Names
Scientific
Aronia melanocarpa
English
Black chokeberry
Dutch
Zwarte appelbes
French
Aronia noir
German
Kahle Apfelbeere
Schwarze Eberesche
Italian
Aronia nera
Taxonomy
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Aronia
Species
Aronia melanocarpa (Black chokeberry)
Crop categories
Cool temperate crops
Fruits
Minor crops
Ornamental plants
Temperate crops
Wild-harvested crops