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Prunus spinosa

Rosaceae

Étkezési felhasználás

Virág

The infusion prepared of dried sloe-blackthorn flower can also be consumed for the taste.

Termés

The fruit can be used in many ways. The dried fruits can be cooked for 10 minutes to prepare a brightly colored, energizing tea. Tea or tea mixture can also be prepared of fresh berries, these are even more energizing. Fruit jam, syrup or liqueur can also be made of them. Steeping the dried berries into salty water for a week results an olive-like food.

Gyógyászati felhasználás

Virág

Infusion prepared from the dried flower has a mildly laxative effect and it is also slightly diaphoretic. It can also be used by children.

Termés

Sloe-blackthorn fruit, both raw and cooked as a jelly has a mild anti-diarrheal effect.

Főbb ismertetőjegyek

1 – 3 m magas lombhullató cserje. Ágai merevek, szerteágazóak, derékszögben elálló tövisek borítják. A kérge sima, barna, gyakran zuzmókkal fedett. Váltakozó levélállás jellemzi. Az egyes levelek elliptikusan tojásdadok, fűrészes szélűek. Virágjai fehérek, öttagúak, még a lombfakadás előtt jelennek meg. Termése cseresznye méretű, sötétlila, fanyar, gömbölyű gyümölcs, melyet viaszos réteg borít. Nem magvaváló.

Lelőhelyei

Bokorerdő

Gyűjtési segédlet

Virág

Április, Március

The flower petals are gathered in the middle of the flowering period, ideally when half the flowers are open. Carefully remove the petals, so that it can ripe to fruit in autumn. Collect only the healthy and fresh petals that do not fall off from a breeze. Older petals turn brown during the drying, and these are worthless. Spread them out in a thin layer. Dry in a warm, shady and dry place, without rotation, to avoid mechanical impact.

Termés

December, November, Október

The fruits get ripe after the first frosts, as they loose the astringent taste. The fruits at that stage are slightly wrinkled, and they taste sweet and slightly tart. You do not have to wait until the first frosts, because our competitors, the birds may eat them before us. If gathered before the frosts, fruits need to be placed in the freezer for a week, ensuring a fully ripening.

Összetéveszthetőség

Prunus cerasifera

Cherry plum

These two plants can be confused during the flowering period, however, blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) is often smaller than the cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera) and sloe-blackthorn is clearly distinguishable from its large spines.