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
Genus
Aronia
Family
Rosaceae
Order
Rosales
Crop categories
Fruits
Ornamental plants
Food crops
Temperate crops