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2. Prunus mahaleb - Wikipedia

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   Prunus mahaleb, the mahaleb cherry [6] or St Lucie cherry, is a species of cherry tree. The tree is cultivated for a spice obtained from the seeds inside the cherry stones. The seeds have a fragrant smell and have a taste comparable to bitter almonds with cherry notes. The tree is native to central and southern Europe, Iran and parts of central ...

3. Prunus pseudocerasus - Wikipedia

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   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 parent of a number of hybrid cultivars. [5] [4] It is resistant to the fungal disease cherry ...

4. Marasca cherry - Wikipedia

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   Compared to other cherries, the fruit of the marasca cherry tree is small, with anthocyanins accounting for its dark, near black colour. [5] Its bitter taste and drier pulp make marasca cherries ideal for creating fine cherry liqueur. By definition, [6] true Maraschino liqueur is supposed to be made only from marasca cherries.

5. Prunus pensylvanica - Wikipedia

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   Seeds are dispersed by birds, small mammals, and gravity. As part of its reproductive strategy, pin cherries seeds can remain viable in the soil for many years. Seeds accumulate over prolonged periods, and soil seed banks may be viable for 50–100 years. Asexual reproduction is achieved by sprouting, and often thickets of pin cherry plants ...

6. Cherry - Wikipedia

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   Prunus avium, sweet cherry P. cerasus, sour cherry Germersdorfer variety cherry tree in blossom. Prunus subg.Cerasus contains species that are typically called cherries. They are known as true cherries [1] and distinguished by having a single winter bud per axil, by having the flowers in small corymbs or umbels of several together (occasionally solitary, e.g. P. serrula; some species with ...

7. Prunus × eminens - Wikipedia

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   Prunus × eminens or Prunus eminens is a species of small cherry tree native to central Europe. [a] It is a naturally occurring hybrid of sour cherry, Prunus cerasus, and dwarf cherry, Prunus fruticosa, occasionally found where their ranges overlap. Like its parents, it is a tetraploid with 32 chromosomes.