Aronia melanocarpa

Aronia melanocarpa, called the black chokeberry, is a species of shrubs in the rose family native to eastern North America, ranging from Canada to the central United States, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesotasouth as far as ArkansasAlabama, and Georgia.[1] This plant has been introduced and is cultivated in Europe.

Aronia melanocarpa
Aronia melanocarpa cv Rubina P1020524.JPG
Scientific classificationedit
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Rosales
Family:Rosaceae
Genus:Aronia
Species:
A. melanocarpa
Binomial name
Aronia melanocarpa
(Michx.Elliott 1821
Synonyms
Synonymy
  • Mespilus arbutifolia var. melanocarpa Michx. 1803
  • Adenorachis melanocarpa (Michx.) Nieuwl.
  • Aronia nigra (Willd.) Britton
  • Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R.Robertson & J.B.Phipps
  • Pyrus melanocarpa (Michx.) Willd.
  • Sorbus melanocarpa (Michx.) Heynh.

It is a branching shrub with glossy dark green leaves that take on a red color in the autumn; it grows well in the sun and part-shade, forming clumps by means of stems rising from the roots, its flowers are white or pink, they appear at the end of spring and produce black fruits in September. Many people consider the fruits to be foul-tasting.[2] Some birds eat the berries.


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 Metasyntactic variable, which is released under the 
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