Prunus avium (sweet cherry)
Identity
- Preferred Scientific Name
- Prunus avium (L.) L.
- Preferred Common Name
- sweet cherry
- Other Scientific Names
- Cerasus avium (L.) Moench
- Cerasus nigra Mill.
- Prunus avium var. aspleniifolia (G. Kirchn.) H. Jaeger
- Prunus cerasus var. avium L.
- Prunus macrophylla Poir.
- International Common Names
- Englishcherrycherry (sweet)geanmazzardwild cherry
- Spanishcerezocerezo silvestreguinda
- Frenchcerisierguignemerisier
- Chineseyingtao shu
- Portuguesecerejeira
- Local Common Names
- Croatiatresnja
- Czechoslovakia (former)tresen
- Denmarkfugle kirsebær
- Finlandkirsika
- GermanySüsskirscheVögelkirsche
- Greecekerasia
- Hungarycseresznye
- Italyciliegio selvaticociligio dolce
- Japansakura
- Netherlandskerseboomkriekzoete kers
- Norwaykirsebær
- Polandczeresnia
- Romaniacires
- Serbiatresnja
- Slovakiaceresna
- Swedenfågelbärkörsbarsötkörsbär
- Turkeykiraz
- UK/England and Walesgeanmazzard cherry
- USAgeanmazzard
- EPPO code
- PRNAV (Prunus avium)
Pictures
Young plantation
Prunus avium (sweet cherry); monospecific plantation, aged 9 years. Trees are 7m high, stem diameter approx. 13cm. Appenine region, nr. Arezzo, central Italy.
©Fulvio Ducci
Wild cherry, 45-year-old tree in winter
Prunus avium (sweet cherry)' winter habit of an isolated wild cherry tree, age 45-years; d.b.h. 50 cm; height 17 m. Location: Brescia, Lombardy, N. Italy.
©Fulvio Ducci
Bark
Prunus avium (sweet cherry); bark, with typical lenticels and bark stripes.
©Fulvio Ducci
Leaves
Prunus avium (sweet cherry); twigs and foliage.
©Fulvio Ducci
Flowers
Prunus avium (sweet cherry); blossom.
©Fulvio Ducci
Somatic embryos
Prunus avium (sweet cherry); wild cherry developing somatic embryos obtained from immature cotyledons.
©Fulvio Ducci
Prunus avium
Zelimir Borzan, University of Zagreb, bugwood.org
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Prunus avium
Richard Webb, bugwood.org
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Prunus avium
Richard Webb, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
Prunus avium
Richard Webb, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
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Published online: 20 November 2019
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