''Prunus ulmifolia'' is species of ''

Prunus ''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds. Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of South America, and the p ...

'' native to

Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes t ...

. It is often treated as a synonym of the

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n species '' P. triloba'' . However, they are distinctly different in leaves, flowers and fruits. ''P. triloba'' have slightly trilobed leaves, campanulate

calyx tube A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coine ...

s, unpitted

stone In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter. It is categorized by the minerals included, its Chemical compound, chemical composition, and the way in which it is formed. Rocks ...

s, and fruits splitting when ripe, whereas ''P. ulmifolia'' have leaves without lobes, cylindrical calyx tubes, stones finely pitted with irregularly branching furrows, and fruits not splitting.

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Flowers in Botanická zahrada a arboretum Mendelovy univerzity v BrněFlowers in Budakeszi Herbárium
{{Taxonbar, from=Q50854872 ulmifolia Flora of Central Asia