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Prunus avium (L.) L.

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Prunus avium (L.) L., Fl. Suec. 2, 165 (1755)
Prunus avium (L.) L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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(L.) L.
L.
L.
1755
165
ICN
species
Prunus avium

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avium

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Prunus avium (L.) L.

Deciduous, suckering, spreading tree, 5-12-(15) m high when mature, not armed; trunk tall. Lf petiole 12-60-(70) mm long, glabrous; blade ± thin, usually obovate to broadly elliptic, sometimes narrowly obovate or orbicular, (30)-40-130-(150) × (25)-30-60-(70) mm, acute to short-acuminate at apex, obtuse at base, glabrous or glabrate above, tomentose below when young (rarely glabrate), soon glabrous, 1-2-serrate with teeth obtuse or subacute; stipules acuminate, deciduous. Fls in umbel-like clusters of (1)-2-4, on very short shoots, not fragrant, pendent; pedicels (12)-25-50 mm long, green and glabrous. Hypanthium urceolate; sepals triangular, 3-5 mm long, blunt, glabrous, usually tinged purplish, soon becoming strongly reflexed. Petals usually 5 but sometimes many in double fls, (9)-11-19 × (5)-8-17 mm, ± broadly elliptic-oblong or elliptic-obovate, shallowly emarginate, white. Stamens ± = petals; filaments whitish. Fr. 8-17 mm diam. (to c. 30 mm in cultivation), globose or nearly so, glabrous, dark red, occasionally remaining pinkish red, usually ± sweet, sometimes rather bitter; stone smooth.

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Prunus avium (L.) L.
Prunus avium L.
Prunus avium (L.) L.

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Prunus avium (L.) L.
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Prunus avium (L.) L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Prunus avium (L.) L.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Prunus avium (L.) L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Prunus avium (L.) L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Prunus avium (L.) L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Prunus avium (L.) L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Prunus avium (L.) L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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a2450e6d-7b63-4b49-b6fa-f5871b4625fb
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
31 December 2023
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