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Prunus africana. Prunus subg. Cerasus. Prunus africana, the African cherry, [1] has a wide distribution in Africa, occurring in montane regions of central and southern Africa and on the islands of Bioko, São-Tomé, Grande Comore, and Madagascar. [5] It can be found at 900–3,400 m (3,000–10,000 ft) above sea level.
Malpighia emarginata is a tropical fruit -bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae. Common names include acerola (from Arabic: الزُّعرُورَة, romanized: az-zuʿrūra "azarole" [4]), Guarani cherry, Barbados cherry, West Indian cherry, [5] and wild crepe myrtle. [6]
Prunus semperflorens Ehrh. Prunus cerasus (sour cherry, [3] tart cherry, or dwarf cherry[4]) is a species of Prunus in the subgenus Cerasus (cherries), native to much of Europe, North Africa and West Asia. It is closely related to the sweet cherry (Prunus avium), but has a fruit that is more acidic. Its sour pulp is edible.
A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet Prunus avium and the sour Prunus cerasus. The name 'cherry' also refers to the cherry tree and its wood, and is sometimes applied to almonds and visually similar ...
Terminalia superba. Terminalia superba, the superb terminalia, [3] limba, afara (UK), korina (US), frake (Africa), [4] African limba wood, or ofram (Ghana), is a large tree in the family Combretaceae, native to tropical western Africa. It grows up to 60 m tall, with a domed or flat crown, and a trunk typically clear of branches for much of its ...
Prunus is a genus of trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Rosaceae that includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, [3] being native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of South America, and temperate and tropical regions of Eurasia and Africa, [4] There are about 340 accepted species as of March ...
The Big Tree is a tree near the town of Akim Oda which is 66.5 m (218 ft) tall and 396 cm (13 ft) in diameter, and believed to be the biggest tree ever discovered in Ghana and West Africa. It is a member of the species Tieghemella heckelii. [1] It is located in the Esen Apam Forest Reserve, about 22 kilometers from Akim Oda, about 300 m (1,000 ...
Prunus ilicifolia flowers. It is an evergreen shrub [4] or small tree approaching 15 metres (49 feet) in height, [12] with dense, hard leaves [4] (sclerophyllous foliage). The leaves are 1.6–12 centimetres (3 ⁄ 4 – 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches) long with a 4–25 millimetres (1 ⁄ 8 –1 in) petiole [12] and spiny margins, somewhat resembling those of the holly.