Aronia melanocarpa: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott image

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Family Rosaceae
Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott
black chokeberry
Aronia: modified from Aria, beam-tree of Europe
melanocarpa: melas for "dark;" carpos for "fruit"

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Status:	Native
Plant:	perennial shrub
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Synonyms

Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Elliott var. nigra (Willd.) F.Seym.
Aronia nigra (Willd.) Koehne
Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R.Robertson & J.B.Phipps
Pyrus arbutifolia (L.f.) Pers. var. nigra Willd.
Pyrus melanocarpa (Michx.) Willd.
Sorbus melanocarpa (Michx.) Heynh.

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