Wild silverberries

Elaeagnus conferta

fruit

Small sour fruits of wild oleasters, sold at markets in February and March, eaten fresh with sugar or as a drink.

Origin

India and Southeast Asia

Season (United States)

February to March

Preparation

The fruits are rinsed and eaten raw, sprinkled with sugar, or crushed into a drink; the stone is spat out.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

They are in the same family as sea buckthorn and goumi.