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Prunus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs from the family Rosaceae, which includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds (collectively stonefruit).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 ...
Plum blossom. Descending from China and south east Asia, the earliest orange species moved westwards via the trade routes. [5] In 17th century Italy peach blossoms were made into a poultice for bruises, rashes, eczema, grazes and stings. [6] In ancient Greek medicine plum blossoms were used to treat bleeding gums, mouth ulcers and tighten loose ...
Peach flower and buds, Le Fel, Aveyron, France. Flowers on peach trees are either solitary or in groups of two and usually bloom before the leaves begin to grow. [10] They may range in shades from white to red, [11] but having pink or red flowers 2–3.5 cm in width is typical of cultivars selected for their fruit. [10]
Fruits are usually of medium size, between 2–7 centimetres (0.79–2.76 in) in diameter, globose to oval. The flesh is firm and juicy. The fruit's peel is smooth, with a natural waxy surface that adheres to the flesh. The plum is a drupe, meaning its fleshy fruit surrounds a single hard fruitstone which encloses the fruit's seed.
Prunus americana, commonly called the American plum, [7] wild plum, or Marshall's large yellow sweet plum, is a species of Prunus native to North America from Saskatchewan and Idaho south to New Mexico and east to Québec, Maine and Florida. [8] Prunus americana has often been planted outside its native range and sometimes escapes cultivation. [9]
In Hawaii, the flower is called melia. In modern Polynesian culture, the flower can be worn by women to indicate their relationship status—over the right ear if seeking a relationship, and over the left if taken. [22] Plumeria alba is the national flower of Laos, where it is known under the local name champa or dok champa.
The fruit of blackberries and raspberries comes from a single flower whose pistil is made up of a number of free carpels. However, mulberries , which closely resemble blackberries, are not aggregate fruit, but are multiple fruits , actually derived from bunches of catkins , each drupelet thus belonging to a different flower.
Sepals open: petal tips visible; single flowers with white or pink petals (still closed) 59: Most flowers with petals forming a hollow ball Principal growth stage 6: Flowering 60: First flowers open 61: Beginning of flowering: about 10% of flowers open 62: About 20% of flowers open 63: About 30% of flowers open 64: About 40% of flowers open 65