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Aronia
Also called Chokeberry, Vascular Plants, Tracheophytes
Aronia, the chokeberries, is a genus of deciduous shrubs in the rose family, grown mainly for ornament and for their berries. Most commonly grown are black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) and red chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia); they like moist soil and full sun.
Aronia is a genus of deciduous shrubs, the chokeberries, in the family Rosaceae native to eastern North America and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps. The genus Aronia is considered to have 3 species. The most common and widely used is Aronia melanocarpa (black chokeberry) which emerged from Eastern North America. The lesser known Aronia arbutifolia (red chokeberry) and the hybrid form of the above mentioned species called Aronia prunifolia (purple chokeberry) were first cultivated in Central and Eastern North America. In the eighteenth century, the first shrubs of the best-known species Aronia melanocarpa reached Europe where they were first cultivated in Scandinavia and Russia.
Chokeberries are cultivated as an ornamental plant and as a food plant. The bitter berries, or aronia berries, can be eaten fresh off the bush, but are more frequently processed.
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