Bird Cherry पइयां

🌱 About the plant

A Himalayan cherry with long fruit racemes that thrushes and bulbuls strip in weeks.

Growing it

A hill forest tree; plant it in mixed company, not alone.

What it is for

Bird food; hill forest restoration.

🪴 How to grow

Sunlight

Full sun to part shade

Water

Moist hill soil

Season

Mar–Apr

Grows in

Garden / ground

Mature size

10–20 m

First harvest

Fruit from year six

A hill forest tree; plant it in mixed company, not alone.

🌾 Traditional uses

Traditionally used — recorded as tradition, not as established effect. The two registers below are kept separate on purpose.

Traditional knowledge

Bird food; hill forest restoration.

Scientific evidence

This record has not yet assessed the research on these uses. Absence of an assessment here is not evidence either way.

Important: Traditional plant use does not replace professional medical advice. Do not treat a condition on the strength of this page — speak to a doctor.

🐝 Ecological value

🗺️ Where it grows in India