Prunus bracteopadus
Koehne
RosaceaeFruit
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The ripe fruit are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Asia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeastern India, SE Asia,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A small subtropical tree in the Rosaceae family.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Prunus bracteopadus is a putative species of bird cherry native to the eastern foothills of the Himalayas, Assam and Uttarakhand. It is very closely related to, and perhaps conspecific with, Prunus napaulensis.
Notes
It is an unresolved name in The Plant List.
Names & Synonyms
Lum-ler
Prunus nepalensis Hook.f.
References (2)
- Kar, A., et al, 2013, Wild Edible Plant Resources used by the Mizos of Mizoram, India. Kathmandu University Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology. Vol. 9, No. 1, July, 2013, 106-126 (As Prunus nepalensis)
- Karki, S., et al, 2017, Minor Fruits in Nepal: Utilization and Conservation Efforts. Proceedings of 2nd National Workshop on CUAPGR, 2017. (As Prunus nepalensis)
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