Lemonade Berry (Rhus integrifolia)

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

Bloom Color: Pink, White. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

pleasant acid-tasting exudation that can be sucked. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; The fruit is covered with a pleasant acid-tasting exudation that can be sucked.; The fruit is small, up to 10mm in diameter, with very little flesh, but it is produced in fairly large panicles and so is easily harvested.; When soaked for 10 - 30 minutes in hot or cold water it makes a very refreshing lemonade-like drink (without any fizz of course).

Habitat & North American Range

Ocean bluffs, canyons and dry places below 800 metres, in sandy sterile soil. Often forming close, impenetrable thickets. (Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)