Re: Healing properties found in fruit of roadside shrub
- Subject: Re: Healing properties found in fruit of roadside shrub
- From: D* M*
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 23:27:48 -0500
>Interesting article ....
>
>Healing properties found in fruit of roadside shrub
>http://
>enn.com/news/ennstories/2001/09/09182001/shrub_44993.asp
>
>Tuesday, September 18, 2001
>By Environmental News Network
>
>The red berries on a shrub planted across the United States for
>erosion control, windbreak and mine reclamation may also protect
>against heart disease and cancers.
>
>Autumn olive, Elaeagnus umbellata, is covered with silvery-green
>leaves and a wealth of red berries in late September and October.
Raintree Nursery carries Elaeagnus multiflora as an edible shrub. I
don't know whether the fruit has the same properties.
http://www.raintreenursery.com/catalog/ProductDetails.cfm?ProductID=D561
--
Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
l*@wi.rr.com
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