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Prunus caroliniana is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree that grows to approximately 5–13 meters (16–43 feet) tall, with a spread of about 6–9 m (20–30 ft). ). The leaves are dark green, alternate, shiny, leathery, elliptic to oblanceolate, 5–12 centimeters (2– 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) long, usually with an entire (smooth) margin, but occasionally serrulate (having subtle serrations ...
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.
Prunus cerasus (sour cherry, [3] tart cherry, or dwarf cherry) [4] is an Old World species of Prunus in the subgenus Cerasus . It has two main groups of cultivars : the dark-red Morello cherry and the lighter-red Amarelle cherry .
Dwarf cherry as a name has been used for at least three species of small cherry trees: Prunus cerasus; Prunus fruticosa; Prunus pumila; An unrelated Australian tree with cherry-like fruit: Exocarpus strictus; Cultivars of the sour cherry Prunus cerasus that are grafted onto dwarfing rootstocks.
Prunus myrtifolia is a spineless, evergreen tree up to 12 metres (40 feet) tall, not forming clumps nor hairs. The flowers are white, formed in elongated arrays of up to 30 flowers. The fruit is dark purple, almost black, and is spherical or egg-shaped. [3] [4]
Cherry blossom in Praça do Japão (Japan Square), Curitiba, Brazil. With the Japanese diaspora to Brazil, many immigrants brought seedlings of cherry trees. In São Paulo State, home to the largest Japanese community outside Japan, it is common to find them in Japan-related facilities and in home gardens, usually the cultivars Prunus serrulata 'Yukiwari' and Prunus serrulata var. lannesiana ...
In China it has been cultivated for its edible (if tart) fruit for around 2000 years. [2] In Japan it is favored as an ornamental tree for its tendency to bloom, flowers before leaves, earlier than the Japanese cherry Prunus serrulata. [4] A tetraploid with 2n=32 chromosomes, it is used as rootstock for other flowering cherries. It is the ...
Prunus subg.Cerasus is a subgenus of Prunus. Species of the subgenus have a single winter bud per axil. [1] [note 1] The flowers are usually in small corymbs or umbels of several together (occasionally solitary, e.g. P. serrula), but some species have short racemes (e.g. P. maacki).