Berry Bush Type

Submitted by jeremyKa on Mar 07, 2008 in Home & Garden
Tags: Bush berry

Description:

I moved in this house in florida a couple of years ago and we have this berry bush tree that we are not sure of the berry type, they eventually turn a bright purple when they are ripe and their actually very good to eat. They also bloom pretty much all of the year. Any Suggestions?

Comments:

benben on Mar 07, 2008 at 09:22 AM

Possibly an American Beautyberry, but the berries themselves aren't supposed to be very tasty. Do the berries look like this when ripe?

jeremyKa on Mar 07, 2008 at 09:34 AM

hi benben, they are actually much bigger and they are a dark purple color when ripe, thanks though.

benben on Mar 07, 2008 at 10:37 AM

Another possibility is an Elderberry bush. Does it have small white flowers in spring? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elderberry

jeremyKa on Mar 07, 2008 at 10:47 AM

Nope no flowers either, just the berries. Some of these berries should be ripe by next week so i will upload a ripe one.

benben on Mar 07, 2008 at 11:17 AM

Fair enough. Do you have any better pictures of the leaves themselves and if they cluster, the leaf clusters? This plant maybe a wind pollinator so the flowers maybe green and small, or only certain parts of the flower are present like the stamen or in this case the female part, the stigma.

i12read on Mar 07, 2008 at 15:48 PM

It looks like mulberries.

cmhdave on Mar 08, 2008 at 06:16 AM

Definitely Mulberry in my opinion: http://arboreality.blogspot.com/2007/06/mulberries-up-close-and-juicy.html

jeremyKa on Mar 08, 2008 at 06:42 AM

thanks guys, yes those pictures look like the fruit it produces, deep purple.

benben on Mar 11, 2008 at 16:54 PM

Mulberries - doh!. Walk past them all the time. Nice catch.

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