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Prunus cerasifera is a species of plum known by the common names cherry plum and myrobalan plum. [3] It is native to Southeast Europe [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and Western Asia , [ 3 ] [ 7 ] and is naturalised in the British Isles [ 4 ] and scattered locations in North America.
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, [4] being native to the temperate regions of North America, the neotropics of South America, and temperate and tropical regions of Eurasia and Africa, [5] There are about 340 accepted species as of March ...
Only two plum species, the hexaploid European plum (Prunus domestica) and the diploid Japanese plum (Prunus salicina and hybrids), are of worldwide commercial significance. The origin of P. domestica is uncertain but may have involved P. cerasifera and possibly P. spinosa as ancestors. Other species of plum variously originated in Europe, Asia ...
Prunus insititia is still, however, occasionally regarded as a separate (entirely native) species. [6] It is possible that the bullace is genuinely native to Great Britain: the horticulturalist Harold Taylor, in his book The Plums of England , described it as "the only truly English plum", observing that all other hybrid varieties of plum and ...
Myrobalan plum (Prunus cerasifera), also called cherry plum and myrobalan plum; Emblic myrobalan (Phyllanthus emblica), also called Amla and Amalaki; In the genus Terminalia: Beleric myrobalan (Terminalia bellirica), also called Bibhitaki and Belliric myrobalans; Black myrobalan (Terminalia chebula), also called Haritaki and Chebulic myrobalans.
The species Prunus cerasifera; Plum-cherry hybrids; Prunus × rossica cultivars This page was last edited on 28 ...
Original - A branch of a Purple leaf plum (Prunus cerasifera) showing the flowers, buds and leaves. These shrubs or small trees are among the first to blossom in spring These shrubs or small trees are among the first to blossom in spring
Prunus domestica is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. A deciduous tree, it includes many varieties of the fruit trees known as plums in English, though not all plums belong to this species.