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Cherries
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 flowering trees in the genus ''Prunus'', as in "Ornamental plant, ornamental cherry" or "cherry blossom". Wild cherry may refer to any of the cherry species growing outside cultivation, although ''Prunus avium'' is often referred to specifically by the name "wild cherry" in the British Isles. Botany True cherries ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus'' contains species that are typically called cherries. They are known as true cherries and distinguished by having a single winter Axillary bud, bud per axil, by having the flowers in small corymbs or umbels of several together (occasionally solitary, e.g. Prunus serrula, ''P. ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Cerasus
''Prunus cerasus'' (sour cherry, tart cherry, or dwarf cherry) is an Old World species of ''Prunus'' in the subgenus ''Prunus subg. Cerasus, Cerasus'' (cherries). It has two main groups of cultivars: the dark-red Morello cherry and the lighter-red Amarelle cherry. The sour pulp is edible. Description The tree is smaller than the sweet cherry (growing to a height of 4–10 m), has twiggy branches, and its crimson-to-near-black cherries are borne upon shorter stalks. It is closely related to the sweet cherry (''Prunus avium''), but has a fruit that is more acidic. Its fruit persistence (botany), persists for an average of 17.4 days, and always bears 1 seed per fruit. Fruits average 84.9% water, and their dry matter, dry weight includes 39.7% carbohydrates and 1.0% lipids. Taxonomy ''Prunus cerasus'', a tetraploid with 2n=32 chromosomes, is thought to have originated as a natural hybrid between ''Prunus avium'' and ''Prunus fruticosa'' in the Iranian Plateau or Eastern Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus
''Prunus'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees and shrubs from the family (biology), family Rosaceae. The genus includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds (collectively Drupe, stonefruit). The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, being native to the temperate regions of North America, the neotropics of South America, and temperate and tropical regions of Eurasia and Africa, There are about 340 accepted species . Many members of the genus are widely cultivated for their sweet, fleshy fruit and for decorative purposes of their flowers. ''Prunus'' fruit are drupes, or stone fruits. The fleshy Fruit anatomy, mesocarp surrounding the Fruit anatomy, endocarp is edible while the endocarp itself forms a hard, inedible shell called the pyrena ("stone" or "pit"). This shell encloses the seed (or "kernel"), which is edible in some species (such as sweet almonds), but poisonous in many others (such as apricot kernels). Besides being eaten off the hand, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherry Blossom
The cherry blossom, or sakura, is the flower of trees in ''Prunus'' subgenus '' Cerasus''. ''Sakura'' usually refers to flowers of ornamental cherry trees, such as cultivars of ''Prunus serrulata'', not trees grown for their fruit (although these also have blossoms). Cherry blossoms have been described as having a vanilla-like smell, which is mainly attributed to coumarin. Wild species of cherry tree are widely distributed, mainly in the Northern Hemisphere. They are common in East Asia, especially in Japan, where they have been cultivated, producing many varieties. Most of the ornamental cherry trees planted in parks and other places for viewing are cultivars developed for ornamental purposes from various wild species. In order to create a cultivar suitable for viewing, a wild species with characteristics suitable for viewing is needed. ''Prunus speciosa'' (Oshima cherry), which is endemic to Japan, produces many large flowers, is fragrant, easily mutates into double flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Avium
''Prunus avium'', commonly called wild cherry, sweet cherry or gean is a species of Prunus subg. Cerasus, cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is native to Eurasia and naturalized elsewhere. It is an ancestor of ''Prunus cerasus, P. cerasus'' (sour cherry). All parts of the plant except for the ripe fruit are slightly toxic, containing cyanogenic glycosides. The species is often cultivated as an ornamental tree. Description ''Prunus avium'' is a deciduous tree growing to tall, with a trunk up to in diameter. Young trees show strong apical dominance with a straight trunk and symmetrical conical crown, becoming rounded to irregular on old trees. * The Bark (botany), bark is smooth reddish-brown with prominent horizontal grey-brown lenticels on young trees, becoming thick dark blackish-brown and fissured on old trees. * The leaves are alternate, simple ovoid-acute, long and broad, glabrous matt or sub-shiny green above, variably finely downy beneath, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Emarginata
''Prunus emarginata'', the bitter cherry or Oregon cherry, is a species of ''Prunus'' native to western North America. Description ''Prunus emarginata'' is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to tall; west of the Cascade Range, it commonly reaches tall. It has a slender oval trunk and smooth gray to reddish-brown bark with horizontal lenticels. The leaves are long, thin, egg-shaped, and yellowish-green with unevenly sized teeth on either side. The flowers are small, diameter, with five white petals and numerous hairlike stamens; they are almond-scented, produced in clusters in spring, and pollinated by insects. The fruit is a juicy red or purple cherry diameter, which, as the plant's English name suggests, are bitter. As well as reproducing by seed, it also sends out underground stems which then sprout above the surface to create a thicket.Plants of British Columbia''Prunus emarginata''/ref>Jepson Flora''Prunus emarginata''/ref> There are two varieties: * ''Prunus e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Serrula
''Prunus serrula'', called birch bark cherry, birchbark cherry, paperbark cherry, or Tibetan cherry, is a species of cherry native to China, and is used as an ornamental in many parts of the world for its striking coppery-red bark. Description ''Prunus serrula'' is a small deciduous tree, often with multiple stems, reaching a height of . The leaves are arranged alternately, simple, 5–10 cm long and 1.5–2.0 cm broad and a serrate margin. The smooth bark is a brownish red, with prominent horizontal lenticels. The outer layer of the bark is remarkably tough, approaching the strength of Mylar. Flowers The flowers, typical of ''Prunus'', are produced in clusters of one to three. The fruit is a small oval bright red drupe. Cultivation ''Prunus serrula'' is grown as an ornamental tree, especially for winter interest. It tolerates a variety of soil types and has a wide pH range. It prefers full sun and does well in USDA hardiness zones 5 to 8. Its potential as an invasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Maximowiczii
''Prunus maximowiczii'', known as Korean cherry, Korean mountain cherry, or Miyama cherry, is a small (about 7.5 m), fruiting cherry tree that can be found growing wild in northeastern Asia and Eurasia. Taxonomy The species was first described in 1857 by Franz Josef Ruprecht. It was treated in the genus ''Cerasus'' (now generally accepted as a subgenus of ''Prunus'') by Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov in 1927, but the original ''P. maximowiczii'' remains the widely accepted binomial. Description ''P. maximowiczii'' has white, insect-pollinated, hermaphroditic flowers, blooming in May in the Northern Hemisphere, November in the Southern Hemisphere. The edible fruits (cherries) are about 5 mm in diameter, containing one large seed each. They ripen in August in the Northern Hemisphere, February in the Southern Hemisphere. Range and habitat Korea, China ( Heilong Jiang, Jilin, Liaoning, and Zhejiang), Russia (Khabarovsk, Primorye, and Sakhalin), and Japan (Hokkaido, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Jamasakura
''Prunus jamasakura'', the Japanese mountain cherry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae that is said to be Endemism, endemic to Japan. However, it is also said to be native to Korea, and to China. Taxonomy The species was first given a Binomial nomenclature, binomial by Philipp Franz von Siebold in 1830, the Botanical name, specific epithet relating to the Japanese language, Japanese common name, , ''lit.'' the "mountain" or "wild cherry". While Siebold alludes to the uses to which the tree has traditionally been put—its wood in Woodblock printing in Japan, woodblock printing, its bark in a range of crafts (''kabazaiku''), its fruit for consumption"Lignum exclusive in ''usum xylographorum'' versum, cortex pro diversis utensilibus ac fructus a pueris colliguntur."—there is no Species description, description, Species diagnosis, diagnosis, or reference to previous literature containing such, no illustration, and no mention of a Type (biology), type specime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Incisa
''Prunus incisa'', the Fuji cherry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, which gets its scientific name from the deep incisions on the leaves. It is an endemic species in Japan and grows wild in Kantō, Chūbu and Kinki regions. It is called the Fuji cherry because it grows in particular abundance around Mount Fuji and Hakone.Toshio Katsuki. (2015) ''Sakura''. pp.170–173 Iwanami Shoten. A dainty slow-growing, early white-flowering cherry tree, this century-old cultigen from Hondo, Japan is highly regarded as an ornamental but the wood has no industrial value. It is hardy to -20 °C, and crossed with '' Prunus speciosa'', has yielded the cultivar ''Prunus'' 'Umineko'. It is in the ornamental section ''Pseudocerasus'' of the cherry subgenus ''Cerasus'' of the genus ''Prunus''. Ma et al. classified it in a group with ''Prunus nipponica''. The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit: * 'The Bride' * 'Kojo- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Canescens
''Prunus canescens'', the gray-leaf cherry (and hoary cherry, although that name is also used for '' Prunus incana''), is a species of cherry native to China, found in Hubei and Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ... provinces. A shrubby tree, it grows to about 3m. It is a parent of a number of hybrid rootstocks for sweet cherries, and occasionally grown as an ornamental for its attractive shiny brown bark. Hybrids Hybrids having ''P. canescens'' as a parent include '' Prunus × schmittii'' ('' P. avium'' × ''P. canescens''), an ornamental tree, and the important GiSeLa dwarfing rootstock series ('' P. cerasus'' × ''P. canescens''). References External links * canescens Cherries Flora of China Ornamental trees Plants described in 1904 Taxa named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Maackii
''Prunus maackii'', commonly called the Manchurian cherry or Amur chokecherry, is a species of cherry native to Korea and both banks of the Amur River, in Manchuria in northeastern China, and Amur Oblast and Primorye in southeastern Russia.Flora of China''Padus maackii''/ref> It used to be considered a species of ''Prunus'' subg. ''Padus'', but both morphological and molecular studies indicate it belongs to ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus''. It is a deciduous tree growing to 4–10 m tall. The bark on young trees is very distinct, smooth, glossy bronze-yellow, but becoming fissured and dull dark grey-brown with age. The leaves are alternate, ovate, 4–8 cm long and 2.8–5 cm broad, with a pubescent 1–1.5 cm petiole, and an entire or very finely serrated margin; they are dark green above, slightly paler and pubescent on the veins below. The flowers produced on erect spikes 5–7 cm long, each flower 8–10 mm diameter, with five white petals. The fruit i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
