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Scientific name:

Prunus avium

Vernacular name:

Cherry, Wild


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Wild Cherry

Scientific name: Prunus avium (L.) L.

Diagnostic features
Deciduous tree to 31m.
Leaves 6-15cm, obovate to elliptic.
Bud-scales not green and leaf-like.
Flowers 2-6 in umbels, on pedicels 15-45mm.
Hypanthium cup- to bowl-shaped, constricted at opening; fruit ± globose, 9-12mm, black, red or yellow.

Chromosome number: 2n=16.

Habitat
Native; hedgerows, wood-borders and copses.

Distribution
Throughout British Isles.

This species is keyed out on Page 2324 in the Text Key.

Prunus avium (Cherry, Wild)
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