Prunus ilicifolia - Hollyleaf cherry

Hollyleaf cherry (Prunus ilicifolia) is an evergreen shrub, occasionally a small tree, native to California chaparral in western North America, its tart fruit edible and its leached seed ground into meal.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Hardiness zone 11¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Dye¹
• Wood¹

Type

• Prunus spp.
• Shrub
• Tree
• Evergreen

Functions

• Flammable²

Footnotes

1. Prunus ilicifolia | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 7 seconds ↩