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I recently moved to a new house, and adjacent to our roof terrace is a tree that is giving fruit in the form of berries.

I'm wondering what tree it is/berries they are.

Initially I thought cranberries, but there is a hard pit inside.

Can anybody help me identify the tree?

Image showing collection of berries

berry on leaf

zoom of leaf

pit with flesh

pit

picture showing yellow flowers

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Based on the veining in the leaves, the tree is a dogwood. which leads to the ID of a Cornelian Cherry or Cornel, Cornus mas. It would've had bright yellow flowers in the spring.

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  • Thank you! This is correct, we looked back at pictures earlier this year and it indeed had bright yellow flowers. I'll add the picture to the OP
    – ROIMaison
    Commented Aug 3 at 18:13
  • Edible fruits BTW. But I would not eat them. Traditions tell us you can make jam, but you need a lot (really a lot) of sugar, and probably you will not like. Possibly there are many other uses, but now we uses it mostly for decoration, or as ruderal plant (birds plant it everywhere)
    – Giacomo Catenazzi
    Commented Aug 5 at 13:01
  • I tried some and found it not too bad. A bit sour, but not too extreme to prevent enjoyment.
    – ROIMaison
    Commented Aug 5 at 14:54

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