Fruits of purple chokeberry can be processed to make juice, wine or jam.
The purple chokeberry has two close relatives: red chokeberry and black chokeberry. Possibly the purple chokeberry is a hybrid of the red and black chokeberry.
Names
Scientific
Aronia prunifolia
English
Bastaardappelbes
Purple chokeberry
French
Aronia pourpre
German
Pflaumenblättrige Apfelbeere
Taxonomy
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Aronia
Species
Aronia prunifolia (Purple chokeberry)
Crop categories
Cool temperate crops
Fruits
Minor crops
Ornamental plants
Temperate crops