Hedlundia mougeotii (Sorbus mougeotii)

Family: Rosaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Sorbus mougeotii is a deciduous Tree growing to 18 m (59ft 1in) at a medium rate. See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 6 and is not frost tender. It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen in September. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Apomictic (reproduce by seeds formed without sexual fusion). The plant is self-fertile.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

pleasant slightly sweet flavour and a mealy texture, it made a very acceptable dessert fruit. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; Eaten in early September, the fruit was not quite ripe but had already developed a pleasant slightly sweet flavour and a mealy texture, it made a very acceptable dessert fruit.; The fruit is about 10mm in diameter and is produced in fairly large clusters that make harvesting quite simple.; It is usually bletted if it is going to be eaten raw.

Habitat & North American Range

Found in the Alps, usually on carboniferous limestone. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)