COMMON NAME(S):
LEAF: few-veined with 3 conspicuous ribs diverging from the base, irregular-ovate with an attenuated, sharp apex, with lopsided heart shaped base
BARK: light brow, broken into confluent, discontinuous, irregular, shallow ridges
FRUIT: cherrylike, slightly obovoid berry, at first ocher yellow-green, matures to purple-black (sweet, edible)
GROWTH: 20-100 feet
DISTRIBUTION: New Jersey west to Indiana, South Dakota and Colorada south to South Carolina
LOCATION: South Park, Quincy, IL