Berries plant identification

Plants identification with berries. In this section you will find pictures of edible and poisonous berries. Berry fruits can also be found in the fruit & vegetables section.

Arbutus unedo

Strawberry Tree

Origin: North Africa, Western Asia, Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine)

Edible: The fruits are edible.

Asparagus Fern

Asparagus densiflorus

Edible: No, the berries are not edible they contain saponins.

Barberry

Berberis thunbergii

Origin: The wild type is native to Asia (Japan).

Edible: No

Berberis julianae

Chinese Barberry

Origin: China

Edible: No

Bittersweet

Solanum dulcamara

Edible: No

Black Nightshade

Solanum nigrum

Origin: Asia, Europe, North Africa

Edible: No, all parts of the plant are toxic.

Blackberry

Rubus sectio Rubus

Origin: The wild type is native to Asia, Europe, North Africa and North America.

Edible: The fruits edible and leaves can be used for tea.

Blackberry (unripe)

Rubus sectio Rubus

Origin: The wild type is native to Asia, Europe, North Africa and North America.

Edible: Yes, the Blackberry is edible, but unripe fruits taste very sour.

Blackcurrant

Ribes nigrum cv.

Origin: The wild type is native to Asia (e.g. Turkey, Siberia), Europe and also can be found as an cultivated or introduced species in other regions (e. g. China, New Zealand, North America)

Edible: The fruits are edible.

Blueberry

Vaccinium cv.

Edible: The fruits are edible.

Blueberry (Northern Highbush)

Vaccinium corymbosum

Edible: Yes

Bryony

Bryonia dioica

Edible: No all plant parts are toxic.

Callicarpa giraldii

Beauty Berry

Origin: China

Edible: No

Caper

Capparis spinosa

Edible: Yes flower buds (Capers) such as fruits (Caper berries) and leaves are edible.

Castor Bean

Ricinus communis

Edible: No, all parts of the plant are poisonous.

Cherry Laurel

Prunus laurocerasus

Edible: Yes, but only the fruit flesh. Seeds and other plant parts are toxic.

Coralberry

Ardisia crenata

Edible: No

Cornelian Cherry

Cornus mas

Edible: Yes

Cotoneaster dammeri cv.

Bearberry Cotoneaster

Origin: The wild type is native to China

Edible: No

Cotoneaster multiflorus

Many-flowered Cotoneaster

Origin: Asia

Edible: No

Cotoneaster, Willow-Leaved

Cotoneaster salicifolius cv.

Edible: No

Cranberry

Vaccinium macrocarpon

Edible: Yes

Season: Late fall to winter

Crataegus pedicellata

Scarlet Hawthorn, Red Haw

Origin: North America

Edible: The berries are edible.

Cyphostemma juttae

Tree Grape, Namibian Grape

Origin: South Africa

Edible: No

Daphne gnidium

Flax-Leaved Daphne

Origin: North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia), Asia (Turkey), Europe (Albania, former Yugoslavia, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain)

Edible: No, all plant parts are poisonous.

Duranta erecta

Golden Dewdrop, Pigeon Berry

Origin: Mexico to Argentina, Caribbean

Edible: No, all plant parts are poisonous.

Dwarf Umbrella Tree

Schefflera arboricola

Edible: No, all plant parts are poisonous.

Elder

Sambucus nigra

Edible: Elderberries are edible after cooking.

Elder, Dwarf

Sambucus ebulus

Edible: No all plant parts are toxic.

Euonymus europaeus “Albus”

European Spindle, Common Spindle

Origin: The wild type is native to Europe, Turkey, Caucasus.

Edible: No, all parts of the plant are poisonous.

Euonymus fortunei cv.

Spindle, Fortune's Spindle

Origin: The wild types comes from Asia, it is native to China, Japan, Korea and India, among others.

Edible: No, all parts of the plant are poisonous.

Ficus rubiginosa

Rusty Fig, Port Jackson Fig

Origin: Australia

Edible: No

Firethorn

Pyracantha coccinea

Edible: No

Gaultheria procumbens

Eastern Teaberry, Checkerberry

Origin: North America

Edible: The fruits are edible.

Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba

Origin: Asia (China)

Edible: The seeds are said to be edible if cooked.

Goji

Lycium barbarum

Edible: The berries are edible.

Goldenrain-Tree

Koelreuteria paniculata

Edible: No

Hairy Nightshade

Solanum villosum

Origin: Europe, Eurasia (Caucasus), West Asia (Turkey), North Africa (Tunisia)

Edible: No, all parts of the plant are toxic.

Hawthorn, Common

Crataegus monogyna

Edible: Yes

Heavenly Bamboo

Nandina domestica

Origin: Asia (China, Japan)

Edible: No, all parts of the plant are toxic.

Hippophaë rhamnoides

Common Sea-Buckthorn, Sallow Thorn

Origin: Europe, Asia

Edible: The berries are edible.

Holly

Ilex aquifolium

Edible: No

Honeysuckle, Fly or Dwarf or European Fly

Lonicera xylosteum

Edible: No

Humulus lupulus

Common Hop, European Hop

Origin: Europe, North Africa (Morocco), North America, West Asia and as an invasive species also in other regions.

Edible: Yes

Ilex aquifolium

Common Holly, English Holly

Origin: Europe, Western Asia and North Africa

Edible: No, all parts of the plant are poisonous.

Ilex aquifolium “Variegata”

Common Holly, English Holly

Origin: The wilde type is native to Europe, Western Asia and North Africa.

Edible: No, all parts of the plant are poisonous.

Italian Arum

Arum italicum

Edible: No all plant parts are toxic.

Ivy

Hedera helix

Edible: No, all plant parts are poisonous.

Japanese Aralia

Fatsia japonica

Origin: Asia (Japan, Korea)

Edible: No

Japanese Pachysandra

Pachysandra terminalis

Edible: No

Japanese Pepper

Zanthoxylum piperitum

Edible: Yes

Japanese Quince

Chaenomeles japonica

Origin: Japan

Edible: Yes, the fruits are edible.

Season: Fall to winter

Japanese Skimmia

Skimmia japonica

Edible: No

Kiwi Berry, Hardy Kiwifruit

Actinidia arguta

Edible: Yes, the pulp is edible and tastes much sweeter than the large kiwi varieties.

Lagunaria patersonia

Pyramid Tree, Norfolk Island Hibiscus

Origin: Australia, (Lord Howe Island, Queensland, Norfolk Island)

Edible: No

Laurustinus

Viburnum tinus

Origin: Mediterranean region (North Africa, West Asia, Europe)

Edible: No, all parts of the plant are toxic.

Leatherleaf Viburnum

Viburnum rhytidophyllum

Edible: No

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis

Edible: No all plant parts are toxic.

Lonicera nitida

Boxleaf Honeysuckle, Wilson's Honeysuckle

Origin: China

Edible: No

Malus cv.

Crabapple

Origin: Only cultivated

Edible: Yes

Malus cv.

Crabapple

Origin: Only cultivated

Edible: No

Malus floribunda

Japanese Crabapple, Japanese Flowering Crabapple

Origin: Japan

Edible: No

Mistletoe

Viscum album

Origin: Asia, Europe, North Africa and as an introduced species also in some parts of North America.

Edible: No, all parts of the plant are slightly poisonous.

Nertera granadensis

Coral Bead Plant, Coral Moss

Origin: Asia, Australia, North & South America

Edible: No

Oregon Grape

Mahonia aquifolium

Edible: Yes, but only the berries.

Oregon Grape (hybrid)

Mahonia × media

Edible: Yes, but only the berries.

Paulownia tomentosa

Empress Tree, Princess Tree

Origin: China and as an ornamental tree also in other regions

Edible: No, the Empress Tree is slightly poisonous.

Physalis alkekengi

Bladder Cherry, Chinese Lantern

Origin: Asia, Europe

Edible: No

Physalis peruviana

Physalis, Cape Gooseberry, Goldenberry

Origin: South America (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela) and as an introduced species also in other regions.

Edible: The ripe fruits are edible.

Pistacia lentiscus

Lentisk, Mastic

Origin: Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Europe, Western Asia, Northern Africa

Edible: Yes

Pittosporum tobira

Australian Laurel, Japanese Pittosporum

Origin: China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan

Edible: No

Pokeberry

Phytolacca acinosa

Edible: No all plant parts are toxic.

Portugal Laurel

Prunus lusitanica

Origin: Europe (France, Portugal, Spain) to North Africa (Morocco)

Edible: No

Potentilla indica

Mock Strawberry, Indian Strawberry

Origin: Asia (East Asia, West Asia, India, Malaysia), as an introduced species the false strawberry is also found in some European countries and in North America.

Edible: The berries are edible but have little flavor.

Prunus cerasifera

Cherry Plum, Myrobalan Plum

Origin: Asia (Caucasus, China, Pakistan, West Asia), Southeast Europe and as a naturalized species in some parts of North America.

Edible: Yes, the yellow to cherry red or blue violet fruits are edible.

Prunus mahaleb

Mahaleb Cherry, St. Lucie Cherry

Origin: Asia, Europe, North Africa

More infos: The berries are not edible.

Prunus spinosa

Blackthorn, Sloe

Origin: Asia (Caucasus, Western Asia), Europe

More infos: The berries are edible.

Raspberry

Rubus idaeus

Origin: The wild type is native to Asia, Europe, North Africa and North America.

Edible: The fruits are edible and leaves can be used for tea.

Redcurrant

Ribes rubrum cv.

Origin: The wild type is native to Europe (Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland) and also can be found as an cultivated or introduced species in other regions.

Edible: The fruits are edible.

Ribes uva-crispa

Gooseberry

Origin: The wild type is native to Eurasia, North Africa.

Edible: The berries are edible.

Rosa spinosissima

Burnet Rose, Scotch Rose

Origin: Asia, Europe and as a cultivated shrub also in other regions.

Edible: The black rose hips are edible, also raw and fresh from the bush.

Rose Hip (Rosa rugosa)

Edible: Yes

Rose Hip (Rosa sp.)

Edible: Yes

Rowan

Sorbus aucuparia

Origin: Asia, Europe and as naturalized species also in New Zealand and North America (Canada, USA).

Edible: The berries are edible.

Rubus idaeus

Raspberry

Origin: Europe

Edible: Yes, the fruits are edible and leaves can be used for tea.

Rubus laciniatus

Cutleaf Evergreen Blackberry, Evergreen Blackberry

Origin: Europe and as an introduced species also in in other regions.

Edible: The berries are edible.

Rubus phoenicolasius

Japanese Wineberry

Origin: Asia (China, Japan, Korea)

Edible: The fruits are edible.

Russian Olive

Elaeagnus angustifolia

Origin: Eastern Europe to Asia (China, India, Turkey)

Edible: Yes

Sambucus racemosa

Red Elderberry, Red Elder

Origin: Asia, Europe

Edible: No

Sea-Buckthorn

Solanum pseudocapsicum

Jerusalem Cherry, Madeira Winter Cherry

Origin: Central to South America

Edible: No

Spindle

Symphoricarpos × doorenbosii

Snowberry, Waxberry

Origin: Only cultivated

Edible: No

Thorn Apple, Common

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Edible: No

Vitis vinifera ssp. vinifera cv.

Grape Vine

Origin: The wild type is native to Asia, Europe, North Africa.

Edible: Yes, leaves and berries are edible.

Season: Late summer to fall

Wayfaring Tree

Viburnum lantana

Edible: No

Whitecurrant

Ribes rubrum alba cv.

Origin: The wild type is native to Europe (Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland) and also can be found as an cultivated or introduced species in other regions.

Edible: The fruits are edible.

Wild Privet

Ligustrum vulgare

Edible: No

Yew, English

Taxus baccata

Edible: No all plant parts are toxic.