Prunus cyclamina

Koehne

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The red fruit are eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant.

Asia, China,

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 tree. It grows 5-10 m tall. The bark is dark greyish brown. The leaves are oval and 4.5-12 cm long by 2.7-5.5 cm wide. They are pale green underneath. There are teeth along the edge. The flower petals are pink and have 2 lobes. The fruit is red and a flattened round shape. They are 7.5-8.3 mm across.

Names & Synonyms

Cerasus cyclamina (Koehne) T. T. Yu & C. L. Li

References (1)

forests-366202-SI (As Cerasus cyclamena)

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