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    Facts about Goumi Berry

    By SylviaApril 15, 2019Updated:April 15, 2019No Comments8 Mins Read
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    Facts about Goumi Berry

    Goumi or Gumi scientifically known as Elaeagnus multiflora are the fruit of the deciduous to semi-evergreen shrub of the Elaeagnaceae family. The Goumi plant is grown in some places for its edible fruit though predominantly it is grown as an ornamental shrub. The plant is native to China, Korea and Japan. It is also grown in various parts of North America and Europe. This species has become naturalized in different regions of eastern United States. Few of the popular common names of the plant are Cibie, Goumi, Gumi, Longipe bush, Mupan-hsia, Natsu-gumi, Cherry Elaeagnus and Cherry silverberry. Genus name comes from the Greek words elaia meaning the olive tree and agnos meaning chaste-tree. Specific epithet means many flowered.

    The fruits have not experienced commercial success as they are too delicate to transport fresh without damaging them. Its edible fruits are popularly used for various purposes around the world. Goumi shrub is, however, starting to become a popular companion plant as a result of its nitrogen fixing ability which allows it to feed itself and surrounding plants with the nitrogen it produces.

    Plant description

    Goumi Berry is a deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub or small tree that grows about 2–8 m tall, with a trunk up to 30 cm diameter.  The plant enjoys dry and poor soils more than the very fertile ones. Light sandy loams are the best and it can be planted in both sunny and partially shaded locations. Matured trees have dark brown bark while the shoots are generally covered in small red-brown scales. Leaves are ovate to elliptic, 3–10 cm long and 2–5 cm broad. They are green above, and silvery to orange-brown below with dense small scales.

    Flower & Fruits

    Flowers are solitary or in pairs in the leaf axils, fragrant, with a four-lobed pale yellowish-white corolla 1.5 cm long. Flowering occurs in mid-spring. Flowering normally takes place from April to May. Fertile flowers are followed by round to oval drupe 1 cm long and hang on a peduncle with a length of 2 or 3 cm. The fruits are orange with silvery scales when young but turn red after maturing. They can be harvested once ripe at the end of summer and are edible, with a particular taste. The bright red skin is capped with a long thin stem, similar to a cherry. When ripe in mid- to late summer, the fruit is juicy and edible, with a sweet but astringent taste somewhat similar to that of rhubarb. The skin of the fruit is thin and fragile, making it difficult to transport, thus reducing its viability as a food crop. The inner flesh of the Goumi fruit is juicy and surrounds a central, fibrous seed which though technically edible is not normally consumed. Immature fruits are very astringent, which makes them inedible.

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    Traditional uses and benefits of Goumi Berry

    • Fruit of many members of this genus is a very rich source of vitamins and minerals, especially in vitamins A, C and E, flavonoids and other bio-active compounds.
    • It is also a fairly good source of essential fatty acids, which is fairly unusual for a fruit.
    • It is being considered as a food that is capable of reducing the incidence of cancer and also as a means of halting or reversing the growth of cancers.
    • Leaves are used in the treatment of coughs.
    • Fruit is recommended in the treatment of watery diarrhea.
    • Fruits are believed to be able to reduce cholesterol.
    • They are sometimes used for treating watery diarrhea.
    • Astringent root can be used to alleviate foul sores and itchiness.
    • Antioxidant content of goumi fruit can help to boost our immune system.

    Culinary Uses

    • Fruit can be consumed raw or cooked.
    • Pleasantly acid when ripe, they make a very good dessert fruit though they are usually made into pies, preserves etc.
    • Fruit must be fully ripe before it can be enjoyed raw, if even slightly under-ripe it will be quite astringent.
    • Seed can be consumed raw or cooked.
    • It can be eaten with the fruit though the seed case is rather fibrous.
    • Ripe fruits and seeds are eaten raw.
    • They are sometimes used for making various types of desserts.
    • The under ripe Goumi fruits are also used for making delicious jams and jellies.
    • These fruits are often pickled and used in preservatives

    Recipe

    Goumi Berry Jelly

    Goumi Berry Jelly

    Ingredients

    • 6 pints goumi berries
    • ½ cup water
    • 1 ½ cups sugar
    • 1 box of Lower Sugar Sure-Jell

    Directions

    1. Simmer berries in water for 10 minutes and then strain through cheesecloth.
    2. Should get about 4 cups of juice.
    3. Put juice in large saucepan.
    4. Measure sugar into bowl, and then take ¼ c of measured sugar and mix with the sure-jell.
    5. Add the sure-jell/sugar mixture to the juice and bring to a full rolling boil.
    6. Add the remaining sugar, stirring constantly, and bring to a full rolling boil again.
    7. Continue stirring and cooking for 5 minutes.
    8. Remove from heat, skim foam from top of jelly, and pour into clean jelly jars, filling to 1/8 inch of tops.
    9. Cover quickly with flat lids, screw bands on tightly.
    10. Invert jars 5 minutes, and then turns upright.
    11. Makes about 5 cups of jelly.

    Goumi Berry Martini

    Ingredients

    For the fresh goumi berry syrup:

    • 1/3 cup water
    • 1/3 cup sugar
    • 1 1/3 cups fresh goumi berries

    For the martini:

    • 1 1/2 ounces vodka
    • 1 1/2 ounces goumi berry syrup
    • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

    For the fresh goumi berry syrup:

    1. In a small saucepan, heat the water and sugar until the sugar dissolves.
    2. Add the goumi berries and cook over medium heat until the skins begin to pop, about 3 minutes.
    3. Pour through a fine mesh sieve or strainer and press the berries to get out all the juice.
    4. Discard the seeds and skins. Chill syrup until ready to use.

    For the martini:

    1. Place all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
    2. Shake vigorously.
    3. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
    4. Garnish with lemon slices if desired.

    Goumi Berry Wine

    Goumi Berry Wine

    Ingredients

    • 4.25 lbs. goumi berries, stems removed
    • 1.75 lbs. organic cane sugar
    • 1 tsp yeast nutrient
    • 2/3 tsp acid blend
    • 1/8 tsp tannin
    • 12 cups boiling water
    • 1/2 tsp pectic enzyme
    • 1/2 package champagne yeast

    Directions

    1. Wash the goumi berries really well then place them in a mesh bag (or wrap in cheese cloth) and squeeze the hell out of them over your fermenting bucket. You want to burst every berry and extract as much juice as possible.
    2. Add the sugar, yeast nutrient, acid blend, tannin and boiling water. Stir until the sugar dissolves.
    3. Once the mixture has cooled to 100 degrees F (or lower) add the pectic enzyme and champagne yeast.
    4. Now’s a good time to take a specific gravity reading with your hydrometer if you’d like to get a sense of the potential alcohol level in the finished wine (remember to correct for temperature!). The batch made with the large oval goumis read ~11%, and the small round goumis ~12%, confirming that my taste buds were correct in thinking the small berries were slightly sweeter.
    5. Cover your fermenting bucket well enough to keep out fruit flies but don’t worry about making it air tight.
    6. Place your fermenting bucket in a cool, dark place and stir once a day for about 10 days.
    7. After 10 days, remove the bag holding the goumis and squeeze it really good to extract as much liquid as possible. Transfer all the liquid to a glass carboy trying to leave as much sediment behind in the fermenter as possible.
    8. Put an airlock on the carboy and move it to a cool, dark place for ~4 weeks until the liquid clears.

    Other Facts

    • Plants can be grown as a hedge in exposed positions, tolerating maritime exposure.
    • Reasonably fast growing and providing a good screen in the summer, though much more open in the winter.
    • It is a good companion hedge to grow, the plants enriching the soil and improving the growth of neighboring plants.
    • Often used as a root stock for evergreen species that is hard to grow from cuttings.
    • It often sprouts from the base and can out-compete the scion.
    • These beautiful bushes are commonly grown in ornamental gardens.
    • The fast growing Goumi trees are good companion trees for other more valuable trees and plants as they enrich and improve the soil.

    References:

    https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=27772#null

    https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Elaeagnus+multiflora

    http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=f353

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaeagnus_multiflora

    http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2785159

    http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/0a8861630bfa6e0efad5596cf5bd2a4a/synonym/1a63ab593ce185ca7047b9bc70658faa

    https://www.cabi.org/ISC/datasheet/114049

    https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ELMU

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    Goumi Berry facts

    Goumi Berry Quick Facts
    Name: Goumi Berry
    Scientific Name: Elaeagnus multiflora
    Origin China, Korea and Japan
    Colors Orange with silvery scales when young turning to dark red to scarlet when properly ripe
    Shapes Round to oval drupe 1 cm long and hang on a peduncle with a length of 2 or 3 cm.
    Taste Sweet, astringent
    Health benefits Beneficial for halting or reversing the growth of cancers, coughs, watery diarrhea, itch and foul sores and reduce cholesterol
    Name Goumi Berry
    Scientific Name Elaeagnus multiflora
    Native China, Korea and Japan. It is also grown in various parts of North America and Europe. This species has become naturalized in different regions of eastern United States
    Common Names Cibie, Goumi, Gumi, Longipe bush, Mupan-hsia, Natsu-gumi, Cherry elaeagnus, Cherry silverberry
    Name in Other Languages Chinese: Mu ban xia  (木半夏)
    Dutch: Langstelige olijfwilg
    English: Cherry elaeagnus, Cherry silverberry, Goumi
    French: Goumi, goumi du Japon
    German: Reichblütige Ölweide, reichblütige Ölweide
    Italian: Eleagno del Giappone
    |Swedish: Japansk silverbuske
    Plant Growth Habit Deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub or small tree
    Soil Enjoys dry and poor soils more than the very fertile ones. Light sandy loams are the best and it can be planted in both sunny and partially shaded locations
    Plant Size 2–8 m tall, with a trunk up to 30 cm diameter
    Bark Matured trees have dark brown bark while the shoots are generally covered in small red-brown scales
    Leaf Ovate to elliptic, 3–10 cm long and 2–5 cm broad. They are green above, and silvery to orange-brown below with dense small scales
    Flowering season April to May
    Flower Flowers are solitary or in pairs in the leaf axils, fragrant, with a four-lobed pale yellowish-white corolla 1.5 cm long; flowering is in mid-spring
    Fruit Shape & Size Round to oval drupe 1 cm long and hang on a peduncle with a length of 2 or 3 cm.
    Fruit Color Orange with silvery scales when young turning to dark red to scarlet when properly ripe
    Fruit Skin Very thin and fragile skin
    Propagation By seed. Can propagate through cuttings, but this is less reliable
    Taste Sweet, astringent
    Plant Parts Used Leaves, root, fruit
    Season July
    Precautions
    • It is advisable to avoid consuming this fruit in any form during pregnancy.
    • It may cause various allergic reactions in some people.

    Goumi Berry Scientific Classification

    Scientific Name: Elaeagnus multiflora

    Rank Scientific Name & (Common Name)
    Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
    Subkingdom Tracheobionta (Vascular plants)
    Infrakingdom Streptophyta  (land plants)
    Superdivision Spermatophyta (Seed plants)
    Division Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
    Subdivision Spermatophytina  (spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames)
    Class Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
    Subclass Rosidae
    Superorder Rosanae
    Order Rhamnales
    Family Elaeagnaceae (Oleaster family)
    Genus Elaeagnus L. (oleaster)
    Species Elaeagnus multiflora Thunb. (cherry silverberry)
    Synonyms
    • Elaeagnus kologa Salomon
    • Elaeagnus longipedunculata Li & Wu
    • Elaeagnus longipes A.Gray
    • Elaeagnus longipes var. multiflora (Thunb.) Maxim.
    • Elaeagnus multiflora C.P.Thunb. ex A.Murray
    • Elaeagnus multiflora f. angustata Rehder
    • Elaeagnus multiflora var. angustifolia (Nakai) Makino & Nemoto
    • Elaeagnus multiflora var. longipedunculata (N.Li & T.N.Wu) M.P.Deng & K.Yao
    • Elaeagnus multiflora var. multiflora
    • Elaeagnus multiflora var. orbiculata Makino
    • Elaeagnus multiflora var. ovoidea Makino
    • Elaeagnus multiflora var. parvifolia Servett.
    • Elaeagnus multiflora var. sulcata Makino
    • Elaeagnus odorataedulis hort.
    • Elaeagnus odorataedulis hort. ex Lav.
    • Elaeagnus odoratiedulis Lavallée
    • Elaeagnus rotundifolia Gagn.
    • Elaeagnus sativa hort.
    • Elaeagnus sativa hort. ex Dipp.
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