The fruits of the cherry plum or myrobalan are usually red, but can also be yellow and can be confused with the mirabelle. In fact, the mirabelle even originates from the cherry plum. The mirabelle belongs to the plums, which is a cross between cherry plum and blackthorn.

But not only the cultivars, even the cherry plum itself is edible. It grows wild in many places, preferably on the sides of paths and forests. The fruit ripens earlier than most other drupes. As a wild fruit, the pit is normally not easily detached from the fruit flesh. Where this is the case, the tree in question probably has a history of breeding. This is because cherry plums used to be widely used. If they are not eaten raw, they can be processed into compote and jam. However, the skin is sour-boiling. The yellow flesh is sweet and aromatic when fully ripe, but quickly becomes mealy. Green, unripe fruits are a Turkish delicacy, they are sold as “Can Erik”. In Georgian cuisine, the myrobalan is found in stews, soups and sauces.

• Edible Fruits
• Type of Fruit Drupe
• Verwendung Stone Fruits Wild Fruits
• Taste sweet sour
• Trivial Names Kirschpflaume, Myrobalane, Türkenkirsche, türkische Kirsche, Därgelkersch, Sterninkel, Kringelbaum, Can Erik (unreif), cherry plum, myrobalan plum, Prunier-cerise, Prunier myrobolan, Myrobalan, Myrobolan
• Size (fruit) 2,5 cm
• Taxonomy Rosaceae (rose family) Prunus cerasifera
• Origin Near East, Eurasian Steppe (Map)
• Locality Schwanheimer Düne (Frankfurt am Main) 2019