The small, round cherries contain a pit, and these pits are toxic when crushed. They contain cyanogenic compounds,. Not all cherry trees are edible. Sweet cherries (prunus avium) and sour cherries (prunus cerasus) generally produce edible fruit, but some ornamental varieties do not. Wild cherry is the edible fruit of the plant species in the genus prunus l.
Not all cherry trees are edible. Sweet cherries (prunus avium) and sour cherries (prunus cerasus) generally produce edible fruit, but some ornamental varieties do not. Wild cherry is the edible fruit of the plant species in the genus prunus l. Of the rosaceae family. Wild cherry is also called bird cherry, bing cherry, gean, crab cherry,.