Prunus avium L.
Prunus avium
Prunus avium, commonly known as wild cherry or sweet cherry, is a deciduous tree growing to 5–25 meters tall with a trunk up to 1.5 meters in diameter. It has smooth reddish-brown bark on young trees that becomes thick and dark blackish-brown with age. The leaves are alternate, simple, ovoid-acute, 7–14 centimeters long and 4–7 centimeters broad, glabrous matt or sub-shiny green above, variably finely downy beneath, with a serrated margin and an acuminate tip. The flowers are produced in early spring, borne in corymbs of two to six together, each flower pendent on a 2–5 cm peduncle, 2.5–3.5 centimeters in diameter, with five pure white petals, yellowish stamens, and a superior ovary. The fruit is a drupe 1–2.5 centimeters in diameter, bright red to dark purple when mature.
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Rosales
Rosaceae
Prunus
All parts of the plant except for the ripe fruit are slightly toxic, containing cyanogenic glycosides.
The fruit of Prunus avium has been used as human food for thousands of years. The hard, reddish-brown wood is valued for woodturning and making cabinets and musical instruments. It is also used for smoking foods, particularly meats. The gum from bark wounds can be chewed as a substitute for chewing gum and medicine can be prepared from the stalks (peduncles) of the drupes that is astringent, antitussive, and diuretic. A green dye can also be prepared from the plant.
Early spring
5–25 meters
Pure white
Prunus avium is native to Europe, Anatolia, Maghreb, and Western Asia. It has become naturalized in North America, New Zealand, and Australia.
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