''Prunus'' × ''rossica'', the Russian plum, is a hybrid

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between cherry plum (''

Prunus cerasifera __NOTOC__ ''Prunus cerasifera'' is a species of plum known by the common names cherry plum and myrobalan plum.Prunus salicina ''Prunus salicina'' (syn. ''Prunus triflora'' or ''Prunus thibetica''), commonly called the Japanese plum or Chinese plum, is a small deciduous tree native to China. It is now also grown in fruit orchards in Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Israel, the U ...

''). It is of commercial importance in the

European Russia European Russia (russian: Европейская Россия, russian: европейская часть России, label=none) is the western and most populated part of Russia. It is geographically situated in Europe, as opposed to the cou ...

, and there are many cultivars developed there, such as 'Gek', 'Desertnaya', 'Kubanskaya Kometa', 'Obilnaja'. In the US, a few cultivars have also been developed, such as Sprite Cherry-Plum and Delight Cherry-Plum. The South African cultivar 'Methley' is also a cultivar of ''P.'' × ''rossica''.

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