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Prunus cerasoides
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Family:
ROSACEAE
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Citation: Prunus cerasoides D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 239. 1825.
Prunus puddum (Roxb. ex Ser.) Roxb. ex Brandis, For. Fl. 194. 1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 314. 1878.
Cerasus puddum Roxb. ex Ser. in DC., Prodr. 2: 537. 1825.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Pathumukham
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Bird cherry, Himalayan Wild Cherry, Himalayan flowering cherry, Indian Wild Cherry
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Description:
Deciduous tree; bark peeling off in horizontal flakes. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, to 15 x 7 cm, chartaceous; base truncate, margin double-serrate, apex caudate-acuminate; petiole 1.5 cm, with 2 raised glands towards the apex near the leaf-base; stipules subulate, 1.5 cm, glandular-laciniate. Flowers in umbellate fascicles from lateral buds clothed in scales, ahead of foliage. Flowers 4 cm wide, white turning pink; pedicel 1.5 cm. Calyx-tube turbinate, 1 cm wide, glabrous; lobes ovate-acute, 7 x 5 mm. Petals 5, ovate, 1.3 x 1 cm rose, spreading. Stamens numerous, inserted at mouth of calyx-tube; filaments 1-1.5 cm long. Ovary 1-celled; ovules 1 or 2, pendulous; style 1.5 cm. Drupe ovoid, red when ripe; seed 1, rugose, 1.2 x 0.7 cm.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-January
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental tree
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Distribution:
East Asia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
Yes
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chittaruvi, Devicolam
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