Water Tupelo (Nyssa aquatica)

Family: Nyssaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: White. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Oval, Pyramidal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Late Summer, Fall

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Fruit - occasionally eaten raw but more often used in preserves. The fruit is up to 4cm long, it has a thick, tough skin with a thin acid flesh surrounding a large seed. — Fruit - occasionally eaten raw but more often used in preserves.; The fruit is up to 4cm long, it has a thick, tough skin with a thin acid flesh surrounding a large seed.

Habitat & North American Range

Swamps, bottomlands, or sites periodically under water, in soils ranging from clay to rich silts. (Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)