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Elaeagnus multiflora
Also called Cherry Elaeagnus, Cherry Oleaster, Japanese Berry
Cherry silverberry is a deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub or small tree, 2 to 8 m tall, grown for its fragrant spring flowers, edible tart red fruit and nitrogen-fixing habit. It is grown as a fruit crop and ornamental, and the fruit is most useful when several varieties are planted for pollination.
Elaeagnus multiflora, the cherry elaeagnus, cherry silverberry, goumi, gumi, or natsugumi, is a species of Elaeagnus native to China, Korea, Japan and the Russian Far East (Sakhalin).
Sweet Scarlet: A red-berry Ukrainian variety popular in the United States. It is partially self-fertile, requiring another variety for pollination.
Goumi SPP: Austrian variety, self-fertile and therefore capable of producing fruit without any other pollinator.
This species is occasionally grown in Europe (France,Loraine)and North America as an ornamental plant and for its fruit. It is an established exotic species in parts of the eastern United States. In China, the leaves of the tree are used as a medicinal plant and a natural remedy for cough, diarrhea, itch, foul sores, and even cancer.
Russian olive · Eastern Silverberry · Hybrid Broad Leaf Oleaster · Autumn olive · Oleaster
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Elaeagnus multiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
