This shrub is in the American section, near the Park Drive fence.

Its other common name is Indian plum. Native to the Pacific coast of North America; south from British Columbia down to Santa Barbara county in California.

It is one of the first plants to sprout leaves and flowers in early Spring . It reaches 1.5 to 5 m in height and has lanceolate leaves

The leaves, 5 to 12 cm long. alternate, simple, deciduous, generally elliptical or oblong. Light green and soft on the upper surface and paler on the underside, the margins are wavy.

The flowers, white-green in colour.

The edible fruit is similar to a small plum , orange or yellow when young, but bluish-black when ripe, with a red stem. Native Americans eat the fruit and make tea from the bark.

Introduced to the UK in 1848.

Leaves and seeds are toxic.