Prunus mahaleb

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Prunus mahaleb in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Prunus mahaleb, Linn. (Cerasus Mahaleb, Mill. Prunus odorata, Lam. Padus Mahaleb, Borkh.). Mahaleb Cherry. St. Lucie Cherry. Small slender tree with hard glabrous branchlets: lvs. 2-3 in. long, light green, round-ovate to orbicular, abruptly very short-pointed, often subcordate as base, the margine closely callous- serrate: fls. small, fragrant, white, in small terminal umbels in May and June (in. N. Y.), appearing when the tree is in nearly full leaf: fr. very small, dark red, not edible. Cent, and S. Eu. and the Caucasus.— Extensively imported for cherry-tree stocks, and frequently run wild. There are several cult, forms, as: var. chrysocarpa, Hort., with yellow fr. (Gn. 62, p. 181) ; var. albo-marginata, Dipp., with white-edged lvs.; var. variegata, Hort., with variegated foliage; var. pendula, Hort., with weeping or drooping branches (G.M. 44:210); var. globosa, Dieck, with rounded head; var. compacta, Hort., with compact condensed head; var. monstrosa, Kirchn., has very short and thick branches and branchlets; var. Cupaniana, Fiori & Paol. (P. Cupaniana, Guss.), is smaller than the type: lvs. much smaller (1/2 to about 1 in. long): peduncles short, 3-6-fld. : fls. smaller. Sicily. Var. transilvanica, Schur. Fis. small, numerous in the cluster; sepals re- flexed. Transylvania. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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