Pan India Bouquets

Prunus prostrata Labill.

Family : Rosaceae
(Rose Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Rosaceae
Synonym(s) : Amygdalus prostrata (Labill.) Sweet; Cerasus griseola Pachom.; Cerasus humilis Moris; Cerasus prostrata (Labill.) Loisel.; Cerasus prostrata var. glabrifolia (Moris) Browicz; Hagidryas prostrata (Labill.) Griseb.; Microcerasus humilis (Moris) M.Roem.; Microcerasus prostrata (Labill.) M.Roem.; Prunus humilis (Moris) Colla; Prunus prostrata f. erecta Molero; Tubopadus prostratus (Labill.) Pomel
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Prunus prostrata Labill.
Common name : Mountain cherry, Rock cherry, Creeping cherry, Spreading or prostrate cherry
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Alpine slopes, rock crevices, stony areas and screes, preferring limestone; 2000 - 4000 m. altirude
Comments / notes : The fruit is edible but not preferred by humans. The plant's main use is as in ornamental gardening. It can be grafted to form a tree.
Key identification features : The bark is reddish brown. The leaves are ovate, with serrate margins, tomentose with white down on undersurface, glabrous above. The petioles lack glands.
Flower, Fruit : April-July
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Albania, Algeria, Corse, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Sardegna, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Yugoslavia
Exotic/Native : Exotic
World Distribution : Mediterranean and India
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 122
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 prostrata. Downloaded on 30 June 2022.

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