FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
PRUNUS CHICASA, CHICKASAW PLUM, INDIAN CHERRY, MOUNTAIN CHERRY
Hedrick, U.P. editor. 1919. Sturtevant's Notes on Edible Plants. Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1919 II. Albany, J.B Lyon Company, State Printers. [References Available]
is a plant of the southeastern United States. This plum was seen by De Soto's expedition at or near New Madrid, where it furnished the natives with food. The tree usually grows from 12 to 20 feet high but Marcy, on the Red River of the South, found it forming small bushes from two to six feet high and bearing very large and sweet fruit varying in color from a light pink to a deep crimson. The fruit varies much and several varieties are in cultivation.
