The Choke Cherry (Prunus virginiana) is a species of bird cherry (Prunus subgenus Padus) native to North America, where it is found almost throughout the continent except for the ...
2003 Forager's Harvest. Most people refrain from eating any plant with the word "choke" in its name. Thus, the chokecherry is ignored by many who have access to its bountiful crop
chokecherry: see cherry flowering cherry, many native to East Asia, are cultivated as weeping or erect trees for their beautiful, usually double flowers.