Black Cherry

Black or Wild Cherry (Prunus serotina) is preparing its fruits on long racemes coming down from the stems. The edible fruit is sour, bitter, and sweet at the same time, with the sweetness coming out if the fruits are dried. The inner bark contains toxins and medicine, and during peak times it releases a strong and tantalizing odor when scratched-and-sniffed. Wild cherry bark is a cough syrup ingredient that can suppress an unproductive, spasmodic irritating cough, or alternately be used as an expectorant for those with heavy mucus; it also has some calming nervine properties which are also helpful when sick.