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