Cherry
Prunus avium
Sweet cherry (P. avium) vs sour (P. cerasus) are different species. Birds vote. Split after rain on ripe fruit. Pits are not food.
GROW → HARVEST → EAT → DRY → POWDER → CAPSULE → GUMMY — forms are not equivalent. Food first.
Identity
What it is
Sweet cherry (P. avium) vs sour (P. cerasus) are different species. Birds vote. Split after rain on ripe fruit. Pits are not food.
Edible portions
- fruit
Absence of a portion from this list means it is not treated as food here — not that every other part is toxic.
Growing
- Climate. 5–8 many sweet types; sour hardier
- Light. Full sun
- Soil. Well-drained
- Planting. Pollenizer for many sweet cherries. Chill hours.
- Harvest. With stems for storage; without for immediate eating.
Preparation and culinary uses
- Fresh, bake sour cherries, dry
Nutrition and compounds
- Vitamins (qualitative, well-known associations). vitamin C — not milligram values.
- Plant compounds. anthocyanins. Presence is not a dose, a cure, or a reason to buy a capsule.
AAA interpretation Food first. These associations explain why a plant shows up in a nutrient conversation — they are not a supplement shopping list.
Next steps
Sources
- USDA PLANTS Database — taxonomy and range (verify current entries)
- USDA FoodData Central — nutrient profiles for foods (verify current entries; this page does not invent milligrams)
- State cooperative extension growing guides — verify for your region
Honest incompleteness is preferred to fabricated completeness. If a section is missing, no record for it is attached here — not a claim that the plant lacks that characteristic, and not that it was omitted as a secret.
Internal quality class A. Strong page: distinctive plant facts plus practical growing or kitchen use.