Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Prunus L. [358]

genus_ja: サクラ（スモモ）

genus_en: Ornamental cherry

# spp.: 340

pub_year: 1753

accepted: Accepted

Family: Rosaceae

family_ja: バラ

Infra familial classification: Subfamily Amygdaloideae: Tribe Amygdaleae

distribution_en: Cosmopolitan

description_en: Genus of more than 200 species of deciduous or evergreen, upright, rounded, or occasionally spreading trees or shrubs, widely distributed in N. temperate regions and to the Andes of South America and mountains of S.E. Asia. They occur mainly in woodland, woodland margins, and thickets, but also in a range of other habitats, including coastal sands, rocky places, and cliffs. They have alternate, broadly ovate to lance-shaped, elliptic, oblong, or obovate to almost rounded, usually toothed leaves. Ornamental cherries are cultivated mainly for their white, sometimes pink or red flowers, which are saucer-, bowl-, or cup-shaped, with 5 petals (more in semi-double or double forms); they are usually followed by fleshy, spherical or ovoid fruits. Some, such as P. maackii and P. serrula, are also grown for their shiny, coloured bark; many, including P. sargentii, have good autumn leaf colour. Certain Prunus species and cultivars, notably the plum (P. x domestica), cultivars of the almond (P. dulcis), and the peach (P. persica), are grown for their edible fruits. Leaves and fruits of most other species may cause severe discomfort if ingested. They are excellent specimen trees, many being suitable for a small garden. Dense, bushy species, such as P. laurocerasus and P. lusitanica. are useful for screening and ground cover. P. cerasifera, P. x cistena, P. incisa, and P. spinosa are suitable for hedging. Grow shrubby species and their cultivars, such as P. glandulosa and P. triloba. against a wall or in a shrub border.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost hardy.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed of species in containers outdoors in autumn. Root greenwood cuttings of deciduous species in early summer, and semi-ripe cuttings of evergreens in midsummer, both with bottom heat. Bud cultivars in summer, or graft in early spring.

pests_en: Susceptible to damage from aphids, caterpillars, and bullfinches. Diseases include peach leaf curl (on P. dulcis and P. persica) , silver leaf, honey fungus, blossom wilt, and Taphrina wiesneri, which causes witches’ brooms (abnormal, crowded shoots).

description_ja:

comment: Temperate

comment_ja: サクラ，ウメ，モモ，アンズ
狭義であればスモモ属、広義であればサクラ属の和名が適当。

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2024-01-18 16:44 by hkokubun@mac.com

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