Unlike chokecherries, buckthorn fruits have multiple seeds and are cathartic (extremely laxative). click to enlarge Oregon grape. Anna ... The edible fruits are shaped like tiny cheese wheels.

Sea buckthorn — a shrub bearing orange-red edible berries — has improved the lives of local farmers in Guyuan county in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, boosting their incomes and fueling prosperity.

Sea buckthorn berries are rich in vitamins, carotenoids (plant pigments), and fatty acids, while the seeds offer a rich oil high in fatty acids. Both the fruit pulp and the seed yield a nutritious ...