General and description
L "amarena (also called sour cherry) is the fruit of the sour cherry, an arboreal plant belonging to the Rosaceae family, Genus Prunus, Species cerasus. The binomial nomenclature of amareno is Prunus Cerasus.
The black cherry is a tree that reaches 8 meters and is characterized by leaf-shaped green leaves; it blooms between April and the end of May and produces spherical fruits very similar to cherries. small petiole. At the center of the fruit there is a seed / stone that encloses the typically bitter almond (due to the presence of amygdalin which gives rise to hydrocyanic acid).
The black cherry tree comes from the Caucasus area (east), from which it was imported by the Romans. The black cherry grows without difficulty on all types of soil and does not disdain the typical Italian climate of the plains and hills.
Black cherry is a widely used base for the production of syrup, jams, candied fruit and sour cherry wine. The peduncle, picked and dried, has good diuretic properties, while the leaves can be used in the formulation of a liqueur.
Nutritional composition
The black cherry is a medium-energy fruit with a prevalence of simple sugars. The fiber content is not enthusiastic. From the saline point of view, it provides good amounts of potassium and as regards the vitamins there is a fair presence of retinol equivalence and vit. C.
Nutritional composition of sour cherries - Reference values of the INRAN Food Composition Tables
Nutritional values
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