Black Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica)

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, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

pleasant to roll in the mouth as a masticatory, it is also used in preserves. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; A thin sharply acid pulp that is pleasant to roll in the mouth as a masticatory, it is also used in preserves.; Pleasantly acidulous.; The fruit is up to 15mm in diameter and is borne in small clusters of 2 - 3.

Habitat & North American Range

Low acid woods, swamps and shores in imperfectly drained soils. Also found on high wooded slopes in the south of its range. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)