Prunus — Overview

Cherries, Plums, Peaches, Apricots, Almonds, And Relatives learn more about names for this taxon

IUCN threat status:

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Comprehensive Description

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Trees or shrubs, sometimes spiny (not in ours). Stipules present. Leaves alternate, simple. Flowers bisexual, 5-merous. sometimes flowering before the leaves. Petals inserted at the mouth of the calyx tube. Stamens 10-many. Carpel 1, style terminal; ovules 2. Fruit drupaceous, indehiscent, 1(-2)-seeded.

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