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Black chokeberry

Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Aronia

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Black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)
FlowerPhoto: T. Hammer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (35)
arz
ارونيا ميلانوكاربا
azb
قارامئیوه آرونی
Azerbaijani
Qarameyvə aroniya
ba
Ҡара миләш
Belarusian
Чарнаплодная рабіна, Аронія чорная, Рабіна чарнаплодная, Чорная аронія
Bulgarian
Черна арония
Chinese
野櫻莓, 黑涩楠, 黑苦味果, 不老莓
Czech
Temnoplodec černoplodý, Arónie černá, Černý jeřáb
Danish
Sortfrugtet Surbær
Dutch
Zwarte appelbes
English
Black chokeberry
Esperanto
Nigra aronio
Estonian
Tume aroonia
Finnish
Musta-aronia
French
Aronie à fruits noirs
German
Schwarze Apfelbeere, Kahle Apfelbeere, Schwarze Eberesche
hsb
Čorna aronija, Naha aronija
Hungarian
Fekete törpeberkenye, Fekete arónia
Icelandic
Logalauf
Kazakh
Қара жемісті итжүзім
Korean
검은아로니아
Latvian
Melnaugļu aronija
Lithuanian
Juodavaisė aronija
Norwegian Bokmål
Svartsurbær, Aronia
Norwegian Nynorsk
Svartsurbær
os
Сау цъуй
Russian
Арония черноплодная, Арония чёрноплодная, Рябина черноплодная, Черноплодка
Serbian
Црна аронија
Slovak
Arónia čiernoplodá, Arónia čierna, Jarabina čierna, Temnoplodec čierny, Čierna jarabina
Slovenian
Črnoplodna aronija
Swedish
Svart aronia
Tatar
Кара миләш
Ukrainian
Горобина чорноплідна, Аронія, Аронія чорноплода, Аронія чорноплідна, Горобина чорноплода, Чорна горобина
Uzbek
Qora mevali aroniya
Welsh
Llwyn aeron tagu du

Synonyms

  • Adenorachis melanocarpa (Michx.) Nieuwl.
  • Adenorachis nigra (Medik.) Nieuwl.
  • Aronia arbutifolia var. melanocarpa (Michx.) Torr.
  • Aronia arbutifolia var. nigra (Willd.) F.Seym.
  • Aronia grandifolia (Lindl.) Sweet
  • Aronia melanocarpa var. elata Rehder
  • Aronia melanocarpa var. grandifolia (Lindl.) C.K.Schneid.
  • Aronia melanocarpa var. subpubescens (Lindl.) C.K.Schneid.
  • Aronia melanocarpa var. typica C.K.Schneid.
  • Aronia nigra Britton
  • Aronia nigra (Willd.) Koehne
  • Aronia nigra var. decumbens Zabel
  • Aronia nigra var. grandifolia (Lindl.) Dippel
  • Aronia nigra var. pubescens Dippel
  • Hahnia arbutifolia var. nigra Medik.
  • Mespilus arbutifolia var. melanocarpa Michx.
  • Mespilus arbutifolia var. nigra Willd.
  • Mespilus arbutifolia var. nigra (Willd.) Britton
  • Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R.Robertson & J.B.Phipps
  • Pyrus angustifolia var. melanocarpa (Michx.) M.J.Young
  • Pyrus arbutifolia subsp. nigra (Willd.) Ehrh.
  • Pyrus arbutifolia var. melanocarpa (Michx.) Hook.
  • Pyrus arbutifolia var. melanocarpa E.L.Rand & Redfield
  • Pyrus arbutifolia var. nigra Willd.
  • Pyrus grandifolia Lindl.
  • Pyrus melanocarpa (Michx.) Willd.
  • Pyrus melanocarpa var. subpubescens Lindl.
  • Pyrus nigra Sarg.
  • Sorbus grandifolia (Lindl.) Heynh.
  • Sorbus melanocarpa (Michx.) Heynh.
  • Sorbus melanocarpa var. grandifolia (Lindl.) Rehder
  • Sorbus melanocarpa var. subpubescens (Lindl.) Heynh.
  • Sorbus melanocarpa var. typica C.K.Schneid.
  • Sorbus pubescens (Dippel) Hedl.

Flowers

In flower
May to June (from 350 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour
white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.