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Aria edulis
Also called Whitebeam, Common Whitebeam
Aria edulis is a small deciduous tree in the rose family, native to Europe and North Africa, grown for its white-undersided leaves and scarlet autumn berries. It thrives in full sun or light shade in well-drained, alkaline soil such as limestone or chalk.
Aria edulis, the whitebeam or common whitebeam, is a species of deciduous tree in the family Rosaceae.
It is native to most of Europe as well as North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) and temperate Asia (Eastern Turkey, Armenia, Georgia). It generally favours dry limestone and chalk soils.
The berries are edible when overripe (bletted).
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
