Prunus maximowiczii

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Prunus maximowiczii
Prunus maximowiczii, Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1
)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: Prunus subg. Cerasus
Species:
P. maximowiczii
Binomial name
Prunus maximowiczii
Synonyms
  • Cerasus maximowiczii (Rupr.) Kom.[2]
  • Prunus bracteata Franch. & Sav.
  • Prunus meyeri Rehder
  • Prunus pulchella Koehne

Prunus maximowiczii, known as Korean cherry,

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.[1][2]

Description

P. maximowiczii has white,

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.[6]

Range and habitat

Heilong Jiang, Jilin, Liaoning, and Zhejiang), Russia (Khabarovsk, Primorye, and Sakhalin), and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, and Kyushu),[1] often in mountainous, woodland regions and in clayey soil.[7]

Uses

P. maximowiczii is useful in many ways; aside from eating the fruit, the flowers can be used as a condiment, preserved in brine.[6]

The wood of P. maximowiczii is very hard, heavy, and close grained, making it excellent for carving and the making of furniture.[6]

Dyes produced from the leaves of P. maximowiczii are green; and those from the fruit, a dark grey to green.[6]

Chemically,

prussic acid[6] as well as Genistein[8]
can be extracted from P. maximowiczii.

References

  1. ^ a b c  Prunus maximowiczii was originally described and published in Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Petersbourg 15:131. 1857 ("1856"). "Prunus maximowiczii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
  2. ^ a b  Species was first published under the name Cerasus maximowiczii in V. L. Komarov & E. N. Klobukova-Alisova, Key pl. Far East. USSR 2:657. 1932. "Cerasus maximowiczii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Prunus maximowiczii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  4. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service
    .
  5. ^ Plants for a Future [1]
  6. ^ a b c d e "Prunus maximowiczii". Retrieved May 28, 2010.
  7. ^ "Prunus maximowiczii Miyama Cherry, Korean cherry PFAF Plant Database".
  8. ^ "Chemical Information - GENISTEIN". Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. Retrieved May 28, 2010.

External links

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