Prunus ulmifolia
Franch.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Kernels, Nuts
The kernels and nuts are eaten.
Where to Find It
Temperate.
Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkestan, Uzbekistan
How to Identify
A temperate tree in the Rosaceae family that is cultivated for its edible kernels and nuts.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Prunus ulmifolia is species of Prunus native to Central Asia. It is often treated as a synonym of the East Asian species P. triloba . However, they are distinctly different in leaves, flowers and fruits. P. triloba have slightly trilobed leaves, campanulate calyx tubes, unpitted stones, and fruits splitting when ripe, whereas P. ulmifolia have leaves without lobes, cylindrical calyx tubes, stones finely pitted with irregularly branching furrows, and fruits not splitting.
Other Information
It is cultivated.
Notes
There are about 200 Prunus species.
Names & Synonyms
References (3)
- Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 6, 16:281. 1883
- Wickens, G.E., 1995, Edible Nuts. FAO Non-wood forest products. FAO, Rome. p149
- Zeven, A. C. & de West, J. M. J., 1982, Dictionary of cultivated plants and their regions of diversity. Wageningen. p 84 (As Amygdalus ulmifolia)
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