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{{SPlantbox
{{SPlantbox
|familia=Rosaceae
|familia=Rosaceae
|genus=Sorbus
|genus=Sorbus
|species=esserteauiana
|species=esserteauiana
|common_name=Esserteau's Rowan
|name_ref=Wikipedia
|habit=tree
|habit=tree
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
}}
}}
'''''Sorbus esserteauana''''', commonly known as '''Esserteau's Rowan''', is a [[species]] of [[Rowan]]. It is a shrub with small white flowers and small red berries that are actually a [[pome]] fruit. Unlike all other species of ''Sorbus'', the fruit are hard<ref name=McAllister2005/> and inedible to humans, but they are eaten by birds that scatter the seeds. It is cultivated as an [[ornamental plant]] in gardens and parks for its decorative fruit and because it attracts birds.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==