Viburnaceae
Squashberry
Viburnum edule
- Family
- Viburnaceae
- Genus
- Viburnum
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Common names
By language (9)
- arz
- ايدول الويبرنوم
- Chinese
- 可口莢蒾
- Czech
- Kalina jedlá
- English
- Squashberry, High bush cranberry, Mooseberry
- Finnish
- Karpaloheisi
- French
- Viorne comestible
- Icelandic
- Bersarunni
- ik
- Uqpiŋñaq
- Russian
- Калина съедобная
Synonyms
- Viburnum eradiatum (Oakes) House
- Viburnum opulus var. edule Michx.
- Viburnum opulus var. eradiatum Oakes
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: 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.
Photos
Photo: Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arthur Chapman, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: USDA Forest Service Alaska Region, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: USDA Forest Service Alaska Region, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: USDA Forest Service Alaska Region, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.