A hard bush long treated as good for little but curbing soil erosion produces an edible berry

“A hard bush long treated as good for little but curbing soil erosion produces an edible berry that scientists have found is up to 17 times richer than tomatoes in lycopene…They’re known as autumn olives, but they are more like cranberries in taste and size. In parts of Asia they are eaten as fruits.”

—Journal for the American Society for Horticultural Science, October 2001.