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''This page is about the tree. For the band of the same name, see [[Wild Cherry (band)]]''.
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Wild Cherry
| image = Prunus avium fruit.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Wild Cherry foliage and fruit
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Prunoideae]]
| genus = ''[[Prunus]]''
| subgenus = ''[[cherry|Cerasus]]''
| species = '''''P. avium'''''
| binomial = ''Prunus avium''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
The '''Wild Cherry''' (''Prunus avium'') is a species of [[Cherry]], native to [[Europe]] and western [[Asia]] (also known as the Sweet Cherry). It is a species in the subgenus ''[[cherry|Cerasus]]'' with [[flower]]s in [[corymb]]s, and is a [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 15-32 m tall. It is the species from which most sweet cherry [[cultivar]]s are derived. In addition, ''[[Prunus serotina]]'' is also called Wild Cherry.
The [[leaf|leaves]] are simple, 7-14 cm long, with a serrated margin. The [[fruit]] are 1-2 cm in diameter, variably sweet to somewhat [[astringent]] and bitter to eat fresh; they are also readily eaten by [[bird]]s.
It is also sometimes known as '''Gean''' or '''Mazzard''', both obsolete names little used as common names in modern English, though more recently, 'Mazzard' also refers to a selected [[self fertile]] cultivar that comes true from seed, which is used as a seedling [[grafting|rootstock]] for fruiting cultivars.
<gallery>
Image:Prunus-avium.JPG|Flowers and leaves
Image:Prunus_avium1.jpg|Foliage and fruit
Image:Wild Cherry Leaf 600.jpg|Leaf
Image:Prunus spec-1.JPG|Flowers, leaves and trunk
</gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Kirschblueten 2048.jpg|Flowers
</gallery>
{{Commons|Prunus avium}}
[[Category:Cherries]]
[[Category:Flora of Armenia]]
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Wild Cherry
| image = Prunus avium fruit.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Wild Cherry foliage and fruit
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Prunoideae]]
| genus = ''[[Prunus]]''
| subgenus = ''[[cherry|Cerasus]]''
| species = '''''P. avium'''''
| binomial = ''Prunus avium''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
The '''Wild Cherry''' (''Prunus avium'') is a species of [[Cherry]], native to [[Europe]] and western [[Asia]] (also known as the Sweet Cherry). It is a species in the subgenus ''[[cherry|Cerasus]]'' with [[flower]]s in [[corymb]]s, and is a [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 15-32 m tall. It is the species from which most sweet cherry [[cultivar]]s are derived. In addition, ''[[Prunus serotina]]'' is also called Wild Cherry.
The [[leaf|leaves]] are simple, 7-14 cm long, with a serrated margin. The [[fruit]] are 1-2 cm in diameter, variably sweet to somewhat [[astringent]] and bitter to eat fresh; they are also readily eaten by [[bird]]s.
It is also sometimes known as '''Gean''' or '''Mazzard''', both obsolete names little used as common names in modern English, though more recently, 'Mazzard' also refers to a selected [[self fertile]] cultivar that comes true from seed, which is used as a seedling [[grafting|rootstock]] for fruiting cultivars.
<gallery>
Image:Prunus-avium.JPG|Flowers and leaves
Image:Prunus_avium1.jpg|Foliage and fruit
Image:Wild Cherry Leaf 600.jpg|Leaf
Image:Prunus spec-1.JPG|Flowers, leaves and trunk
</gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Kirschblueten 2048.jpg|Flowers
</gallery>
{{Commons|Prunus avium}}
[[Category:Cherries]]
[[Category:Flora of Armenia]]
