The Japanese Raisin Tree is a medium- sized tree that is just sufficiently cold hardy to survive in Storrs. In June and July, clusters of small greenish white, fragrant flowers attract many insects and bees. By fall, these flowers produce small, fleshy, brown fruits which ripen to bright red and have a flavor similar to a sweet raisin, giving the tree its common name. In addition to the actual raisin-like fruits, the branchlets of the fruit clusters become swollen and they can be chewed to release a honey-like substance.

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USDA Zones 5-9