Prunus pseudocerasus or Prunus pseudo-cerasus, the Chinese sour cherry or just Chinese cherry, is a species of cherry native to China, It is used worldwide as an ornamental for its early spring cherry blossoms. The fruit of some cultivars are edible.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Prunus |
| Subgenus: | Prunus subg. Cerasus |
| Section: | P. sect. Cerasus |
| Species: | P. pseudocerasus
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Description
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A small bushy tree growing to at most 8 m (26 ft), it generally has reddish buds, shell pink 2 cm (0.8 in) flowers and typical red (if a bit pale) 1.5 cm (0.6 in) cherries.[2] It can be distinguished from its congeners by certain traits; its 7–16 cm (3–6 in) leaves are broadly obovate, with an acuminate tip, flat and serrated, its inflorescences are corymbose or subumbellate, with at least three and as many as seven flowers, and its branches and peduncles are pubescent.[3][2]
Uses
editIn China it has been cultivated for its edible (if tart) fruit for around 2000 years.[2] In Japan it is favored as an ornamental tree for its tendency to bloom, flowers before leaves, earlier than the Japanese cherry Prunus serrulata.[4] A tetraploid with 2n=32 chromosomes, it is used as rootstock for other flowering cherries. It is the parent of a number of hybrid cultivars.[5][4] It is resistant to the fungal disease cherry leaf spot.[6][7] P. pseudocerasus is near extinction in the wild due to anthropogenic activities.[8]
References
edit- ^ 中国科学院《中国植物志》编委会 (1986). "樱桃 Cerasus pseudocerasus" (in Chinese). 中国科学院植物研究所（系统与进化植物学国家重点实验室）数字植物项目组. Archived from the original on 13 June 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ a b c Jules, Janick; Paull, Robert E (2006). The Encyclopedia of Fruit & Nuts. Cambridge, MA: CABI North American Office. p. 732. ISBN 9780851996387.
- ^ Encyclopædia of Plants; comprising the specific character, description, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous to Britain. Ed. by Mrs. Loudon, assisted by G. Don and D. Wooster. London, 1872.
- ^ a b Kuitert, Wybe (1999). Japanese Flowering Cherries. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 9780881924688.
- ^ Feng, Ying; Liu, Tao; Wang, Xiao-Yu; Li, Bin-Bin; Liang, Cheng-Lin; Cai, Yu-Liang (March 2018). "Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of the Chinese cherry Prunus pseudocerasus (Rosaceae)". Conservation Genetics Resources. 10 (1): 85–88. Bibcode:2018ConGR..10...85F. doi:10.1007/s12686-017-0770-9.
- ^ Verma, LR; Sharma, RC (1999). Diseases of Horticultural Crops : Fruits. Indus. p. 240. ISBN 9788173870958.
- ^ "Prunus pseudocerasus Cambridge Cherry PFAF Plant Database". Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ Feng, Ying; Liu, Tao; Wang, Xiao-Yu; Li, Bin-Bin; Liang, Cheng-Lin; Cai, Yu-Liang (2018). "Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of the Chinese cherry Prunus pseudocerasus (Rosaceae)". Conservation Genetics Resources. 10: 85–88. doi:10.1007/s12686-017-0770-9.
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