Pan India Bouquets

Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.

Family : Rosaceae
(Rose Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Rosaceae
Synonym(s) : Armeniaca sogdiana Kudr.; Prunus alpestris Schischk.; Prunus cerasifera subsp. caspica N.N.Luneva; Prunus cerasifera subsp. georgica Eremin & N.N.Luneva; Prunus cerasifera var. georgica (Eremin) Eremin & Garkov.; Prunus cerasifera subsp. iranica (Kovalev) N.N.Luneva & Eremin; Prunus cerasifera var. iranica (Kovalev) Eremin & Garkov.; Prunus cerasifera var. nairica (Kovalev) Eremin & Garkov.; Prunus cerasifera f. ovalidrupacea Bregadze; Prunus cerasifera var. ovaliputaminata Bregadze; Prunus cerasifera f. plano-subglobosa-drupacea Bregadze; Prunus cerasifera subsp. pontica N.N.Luneva; Prunus cerasifera f. stipitata Bregadze; Prunus cerasifera f. subglobosa-drupacea Bregadze; Prunus cerasifera f. subglobosa-putaminata Bregadze; Prunus cerasifera var. taurica (Kostina) Eremin & Garkov.; Prunus cerasifera subsp. turcomanica Popov ex N.N.Luneva; Prunus divaricata Ledeb.; Prunus mirabilis Poit. & Turpin; Prunus mirabilis Sumnev.; Prunus myrobalana (L.) Loisel.; Prunus pissardii Carrière; Prunus sogdiana Vassilcz.; Prunus sogdiana var. mirabilis Bondarenko ex O.N.Korovina
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Forests, stream sides in valleys, gravelly slopes, also cultivated; 800 - 2000 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Cultivated for its edible fruits. Ripe fruits are eaten fresh and have laxative properties. Foliage is cut for fodder.
Flower, Fruit : April-August
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Bulgaria, East Himalaya, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Romania, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjian
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : South-East Europe to Central Asia, Himalaya and Europe, Australia, New Zeeland, South and North America
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 121
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Prunus cerasifera. Downloaded on 6 December 2022.

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