Elaeagnus commutata

Shrub

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Dry calcareous slopes.

Family: Elaeagnaceae
Height: 3 m / 10 ft
Sun
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Dry to Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 3 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 2 of 5
Other Uses: 4 of 5

Native Habitat

Silverberry Elaeagnus commutata native habitat is Dry calcareous slopes.

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw or cooked. Dry and mealy. Good when added to soups they also make an excellent jelly. The fruit must be fully ripe before it can be enjoyed raw, if even slightly under-ripe it will be quite astringent. The fruit contains a single large seed. Seed - raw or cooked. It can be eaten with the fruit though the seed case is rather fibrous.