Pan India Bouquets

Prunus cerasus L.

Family : Rosaceae
(Rose Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Rosaceae
Synonym(s) : Cerasus acida (Ehrh.) Borkh.; Cerasus austera (L.) Borkh.; Cerasus brevipes Poit. & Turpin; Cerasus caproniana (L.) DC.; Cerasus collina Lej. & Courtois; Cerasus communis Poit. & Turpin; Cerasus conglobata Poit. & Turpin; Cerasus hortensis Mill.; Cerasus longipes Poit. & Turpin; Cerasus marasca Host; Cerasus pendula Liegel; Cerasus peracida Poit. & Turpin; Cerasus propera Poit. & Turpin; Cerasus recta Liegel; Cerasus semperflorens (Ehrh.) Borkh.; Cerasus vulgaris Mill.; Cerasus vulgaris var. frutescens (Neilr.) Cinovskis; Druparia cerasus (L.) Clairv.; Prunus acida Ehrh.; Prunus aestiva Salisb.; Prunus austera (L.) Ehrh.; Prunus caproniana (L.) Gaudin; Prunus cerasa Crantz; Prunus cerasus var. austera L.; Prunus cerasus var. caproniana L.; Prunus cerasus var. plena L.; Prunus cerasus var. pumila L.; Prunus cerasus var. rosea L.; Prunus laxiflora Kit.; Prunus pendula K.Koch; Prunus recta (Liegel) K.Koch; Prunus semperflorens Ehrh.; Prunus vulgaris (Mill.) Schur
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Prunus cerasus L.
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Cultivated
Comments / notes : Cultivated for its edible fruits.
Flower, Fruit : April-May
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : North Caucasus
Exotic/Native : Exotic
World Distribution : Tropics of the world
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; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 541-542
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 cerasus. Downloaded on 13 May 2021.

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