Honey bees
Nectar value
High
Pollen value
High
Pollinator plant
Sweet cherry
Prunus avium
Linked agroforestry plant data
Pollinator recipe
Bee value
Who this plant supports
Agroforestry database
Complete plant information
Structure
- Vegetation layer
- Fruit tree
- Size
- Large
- Dimensions
- 18.00 m high × 7.00 m wide
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Foliage
- Deciduous
Site conditions
- USDA hardiness
- 3-7
- Moisture
- Moist
- Soil
- Sandy, Loamy, Clay
- pH
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Light
- Partial shade, Sun
Uses
- Edible parts
- Fruit, Seed
- Functions
- Dye, Gum, Timber, Pollinator plant
- Edibility
- 4 out of 5
- Medicinal value
- 2 out of 5
The fruit, both raw and cooked, can be sweet or bitter, but never sour. It is used in dishes such as pies and jams because of its sweet taste. The fruit consists of about 78% water and contains 8.5-14% sugars. With a diameter of about 20 mm, the fruit contains a large seed. Be careful not to eat the seed if it is too bitter, as it can then be toxic. An edible gum can be obtained by processing the bark.