Viburnum (Sturtevant, 1919)
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Viburnum cotinifolium D. Don.
Caprifoliaceae. VIBURNUM.
Himalayan regions. The ripe fruit is sweetish and is eaten in India.
Viburnum foetens Decne.
Himalayan regions. In India, the sweetish fruit is eaten.
Viburnum lentago Linn.
NANNYBERRY. SHEEPBERRY. SWEET VIBURNUM. WILD RAISIN.
Northeastern America to Georgia. The berries are said by Wood to be well-flavored, black, and sweetish.
Viburnum nudum Linn.
NAKED VIBURNUM. WITHE-ROD.
Newfoundland to Georgia. The fruit is apple-shaped, compressed, about a quarter of an inch long, or a deep blue color, of a sweetish taste and may beeaten.
Viburnum opulus Linn.
CRANBERRY TREE. GUELDER ROSE. PIMBINA. SNOWBALL TREE. WHITTEN TREE.
Middle and northern Europe and northern America. The fruit is a poor substitute for cranberries, hence the name cranberry tree. The fruit, when ripe, is of a pleasant, acid taste and is sometimes substituted for cranberries. Thoreau stewed them with sugar and says the lumbermen of Maine cook them with molasses; he afterwards saw them in a garden in Bangor. In Norway and Sweden, the berries are eaten with honey and flour, and a spirit is distilled from them. A miserable food for savage nations, says Lindley. On the Winnipeg river, the fruit is of an orange color, fleshy and agreeable to the taste. This plant is the nipi minan of the Crees. Probably this is the fruit brought from the North and called Williams as "a kind of sharp fruit like a barberry in taste."
Viburnum prunifolium Linn.
BLACK HAW.
New York to Georgia. The blackish berries are sweet and eatable.
Viburnum stellulatum Wall.
Himalayan regions. The small, acid fruit is eaten in the mountains of India.
