Berry is small and dried up due to the winter. Found on a dead plant in Michigan, around 1.5 feet tall.

Berry seems to have dark purple, almost black skin, and green flesh on the inside. All berries have an almost star-shaped crack on the bottom of them.

Berry has a single, very tough round seed in it, slightly larger than a radish seed.



My first thought was that it was a wild blueberry, but as far as I know, those tend to have multiple, smaller seeds. Any idea what it might be?

You are a cruel, cruel person

I hope you get an answer!

Is there more/better information I can provide? I can take pictures of the dead portion that I took (after I removed the berries).

I'm also trying to grow the seeds to see if I can determine it from that, but obviously that might take a while

I'm not entirely sure if I get your meaning @CPPgardener. Could you explain a little more please?

Thank you!

Here's some pictures of the portion I took the berries off:

It was a joke, obvi.

Did the berry appear to be part of a cluster or single?

Where was the bush? landscape ?woods?

Single branch or multi from the ground?

gardengus said:Did the berry appear to be part of a cluster or single?

None of the berries were touching, but there were a lot. On that portion I took/pictured, there were around ten berries.

gardengus said:Where was the bush? landscape ?woods?

Single branch or multi from the ground?

Residential, near the edge of a house. The house has been abandoned for a while so I'm not sure if it's a wild plant that ended up there.

I'm not sure how many branches were coming from the ground, but I think it was just one?

Were the berries hanging below the branch or on top?


I have ruled out Ninebark and chokeberry because of the seed ...single / shape

gardengus said:Were the berries hanging below the branch or on top?


I have ruled out Ninebark and chokeberry because of the seed ...single / shape

I think both? The most memorable thing about the berry placement was that there were also berries at the end of the "spikes" on the piece I took, which I thought was odd.

Thinking about viburnum right now
single seed , common in landscape and wild