Prunus maackii
Prunus maackii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Prunus |
Subgenus: | Prunus subg. Cerasus |
Species: | P. maackii
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Binomial name | |
Prunus maackii | |
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Prunus maackii, commonly called the Manchurian cherry or Amur chokecherry, is a species of
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 is a small cherry-like drupe 5–7 mm diameter, green at first, turning first red then dark purple or black at maturity. Flowering is in mid spring, with the fruit ripe in early summer to early autumn.[1][5]
It was named after
Cultivation and uses
It is grown as an
References
- ^ a b Flora of China: Padus maackii
- ^ a b "Prunus maackii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ISSN 1674-4918.
- PMID 23945216.
- ^ ISBN 0-00-212035-6.
- ^ a b Anon (1986). Notes and Quotes on the History and Origins of the Amur Chokecherry (Prunus maackii). Arnoldia 46 (2): 13–24. Available online (pdf file).
- ^ USDA Plants Profile: Prunus maackii
- ^ Tree Register of the British Isles.
- ^ "Amur Cherry, Prunus maackii".
- Data related to Prunus maackii at Wikispecies
- Media related to Prunus maackii at Wikimedia Commons