Taxon:  Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott



Summary
Genus:
Aronia
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Maleae
Subtribe:
Malinae
Nomen number:
4247
Place of publication:
Sketch bot. S. Carolina 1:557.  1821
Verified:
12/11/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
69 (52  active, 39  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1972. Woody plants of Maryland Note: = Pyrus melanocarpa (Michx.) Willd.
  3. Chester, E. W. et al. 1993-1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
  4. Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 131.
  5. Deam, C. C. 1940. Flora of Indiana.
  6. Eilers, L. J. & D. M. Roosa. 1994. The vascular plants of Iowa
  7. Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
  8. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1220.
  9. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
  10. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  11. Hardin, J. W. 1973. The enigmatic chokeberries (Aronia, Rosaceae). Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 100:178-184.
  12. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  13. Jones, R. L. 2005. Plant life of Kentucky: an illustrated guide to the vascular flora.
  14. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  15. Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
  16. Mohlenbrock, R. H. & D. M. Ladd. 1978. Distribution of Illinois vascular plants
  17. Obae, S. G. et al. 2017. Microsatellite markers for Aronia melanocarpa (black chokeberry) and their transferability to other Aronia species. HortScience 52:20-23.
  18. Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. 1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas
  19. Personal Care Products Council. International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient
  20. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  21. Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Note: = Sorbus melanocarpa (Michx.) C. K. Schneid.
  22. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  23. Robertson, K. R. et al. 1991. A synopsis of genera in Maloideae (Rosaceae). Syst. Bot. 16:391. Note: = Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K. R. Robertson & J. B. Phipps
  24. Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia var. nigra Willd.
  25. Seymour, F. 1969. The flora of New England. Note: = Aronia arbutifolia var. nigra (Willd.) Seymour
  26. Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas Note: lists as Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) C. K. Schneid.; = Pyrus melanocarpa (Michx.) Willd.
  27. Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. Note: = Pyrus melanocarpa (Michx.) Willd.
  28. Uttal, L. J. 1984. Nomenclatorial changes, lectotypification, and comments in Aronia Medikus (Rosaceae). Sida 10:199-202.
  29. Virginia Botanical Associates. Digital atlas of the Virginia flora (on-line resource).
  30. Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora. Note: = Aronia prunifolia (Marshall) Rehder
  31. Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
  32. Wetter, M. A. et al. WISFLORA: Wisconsin vascular plant species (on-line resource).
  33. Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
  34. Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishblack chokeberry  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English (Canada)black chokecherry Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 131.
French (Canada)aronie à fruit noir Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 131.
GermanApfelbeere  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germankahle Apfelbeere  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1220.
Swedishsvartaronia  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaNew Brunswick Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia var. nigra Willd.
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaNewfoundland and Labrador Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia var. nigra Willd.
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaNova Scotia Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia var. nigra Willd.
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaOntarios.Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia var. nigra Willd.
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaPrince Edward Island Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia var. nigra Willd.
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaQuébecs.Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia var. nigra Willd.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois Mohlenbrock, R. H. & D. M. Ladd. 1978. Distribution of Illinois vascular plants
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIowan.e.Eilers, L. J. & D. M. Roosa. 1994. The vascular plants of Iowa
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMinnesotae.Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. 1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouriStoddard Co.Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. Note: = Pyrus melanocarpa (Michx.) Willd.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesWisconsin  
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesConnecticut Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesIndiana Deam, C. C. 1940. Flora of Indiana.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaine Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMassachusetts Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMichigan Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora. Note: = Aronia prunifolia (Marshall) Rehder
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Hampshire Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew York Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesOhio Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesRhode Island Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesVermont Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesWest Virginia Harmon, P. J. et al. 2006. Checklist and atlas of the vascular flora of West Virginia.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabaman.Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgian.Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentucky Jones, R. L. 2005. Plant life of Kentucky: an illustrated guide to the vascular flora.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMarylandw.Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1972. Woody plants of Maryland
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolinaw.Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia Virginia Botanical Associates. Digital atlas of the Virginia flora (on-line resource).
2Cultivated    also cult. elsewhere in temperate regions 
2CultivatedEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2CultivatedEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2CultivatedEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2CultivatedEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Native
Northern America
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario (s.), Prince Edward Island, Québec (s.)]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa (n.e.), Minnesota (e.), Missouri (Stoddard Co.), Wisconsin]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (n.), Georgia (n.), Kentucky, Maryland (w.), North Carolina (w.), South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Hungary, Slovakia

Reference(s)
  1. Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1972. Woody plants of Maryland
  2. Deam, C. C. 1940. Flora of Indiana.
  3. Eilers, L. J. & D. M. Roosa. 1994. The vascular plants of Iowa
  4. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
  5. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  6. Harmon, P. J. et al. 2006. Checklist and atlas of the vascular flora of West Virginia.
  7. Jones, R. L. 2005. Plant life of Kentucky: an illustrated guide to the vascular flora.
  8. Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
  9. Mohlenbrock, R. H. & D. M. Ladd. 1978. Distribution of Illinois vascular plants
  10. Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. 1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas
  11. Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Pyrus arbutifolia var. nigra Willd.
  12. Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. Note: = Pyrus melanocarpa (Michx.) Willd.
  13. Virginia Botanical Associates. Digital atlas of the Virginia flora (on-line resource).
  14. Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora. Note: = Aronia prunifolia (Marshall) Rehder
  15. Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
  16. Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
  17. Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Food additivescoloring Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Human foodbeverage base Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Medicinesfolklore Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=4247. Accessed 14 April 2026.