Asian serviceberry is a shrub or small tree native to East Asia. Its spring flowers have narrow white petals, and its small fruit turns dark purple when ripe.

Appearance

Growth form
It is a deciduous shrub or small tree.
Flowers
Its spring flowers have five narrow white petals in upright clusters.
Fruit
The small fruit turns dark purple when ripe.

Look-alikes

downy serviceberryAmelanchier arborea

Asian serviceberry has longer, narrower leaves with more drawn-out tips in a direct comparison. Both can carry white spring flowers, so a single flower photo may be hard to identify.

Why they get mixed upBoth are serviceberries with white blooms and dark fruit.

Where it lives

Range
It is native to Korea, Japan, and China.

Name and classification

About the name
Asian serviceberry is also called Korean juneberry.

Conservation

IUCN Red List
LCLeast ConcernLow risk of extinction
Status
A Korean regional assessment listed its sparse wild population as Endangered.
9 sources
  1. iNaturalist taxon API: Amelanchier asiatica
  2. Korean Red List of Threatened Species, second edition
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  4. 森林総合研究所: ザイフリボク
  5. 東京学芸大学: ザイフリボク
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  7. Kew POWO: Amelanchier asiatica
  8. 横浜薬科大学 薬草園だより: ジューンベリー
  9. USDA S-9 Technical Committee: Louisiana State University ornamentals report (1972)
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