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It is a deciduous shrub, irregular in shape, 0.3–3 m (rarely 4 m) high and possibly somewhat wider.The bark is glabrous and copper-tinted black. The leaves are alternate, 2–7 cm long and 1–3.5 cm broad, oval to obovate, acuminate with irregularly serrate margins, rugose, dark green, pubescent above and tomentose below, with glandular petioles.
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 ...
Prunus tomentosa, Nanking cherry (a bush cherry species) Bush cherries are characterized by having three winter buds per axil. [2] They used to be included in Prunus subg. Cerasus, but phylogenetic research indicates they should be a section of Prunus subg. Prunus. [1] Examples of bush cherries are: Prunus cistena Koehne – purple-leaf sand cherry
P. tomentosa Thunb. P. topkegolensis H.Ohba & S.Akiyama; ... The following additional species in the genus Prunus were recognised by The Plant List: [2]
Rosaceae (/ r oʊ ˈ z eɪ s iː. iː,-s i. aɪ,-s i. eɪ /), [5] [6] the rose family, is a family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. [7] [8] [9]The name is derived from the type genus Rosa.
Peach (Prunus persica var. persica) – Prunus tomentosa; Pear (Pyrus communis) – Pyrus pyraster and Pyrus caucasica; Pepper (Capsicum annuum) – Capsicum baccatum; Pineapple (Ananas comosus) – Ananas bracteatus; Plum (Prunus domesticus subsp. domestica)- Prunus spinosa and Prunus cerasifera; Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima subsp. maxima ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. Edible fruit For other uses, see Plum (disambiguation). "Plumtree" redirects here. For the Canadian band, see Plumtree (band). For other uses, see Plumtree (disambiguation). African Rose plums (Japanese or Chinese plum). A plum is a fruit of some species in Prunus subg. Prunus. Dried ...
Although the Oxford English Dictionary regards "gage" and "greengage" as synonyms, [8] not all gages are green, and some horticulturists make a distinction between the two words, with greengages as a variety of the gages, as Prunus domestica subsp. italica var. claudiana. [9] [2]