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Prunus cornuta

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Prunus cornuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: Prunus subg. Padus
Species:
P. cornuta
Binomial name
Prunus cornuta
Synonyms
  • Cerasus cornuta Wall. ex Royle
  • Padus cornuta (Wall. ex Royle) Carr.
  • Prunus glauciphylla S.C. Ghora & G. Panigrahi
  • Prunus pachyclada Zabel
  • Prunus racemosa Lam.
  • Prunus wattii S.C. Ghora & G. Panigrahi

Prunus cornuta, the Himalayan bird cherry, is a species of bird cherry native to the foothills of the Himalayas, including China and the countries of the Indian subcontinent. A medium-sized tree, it can reach 18 m. It is used for a rootstock for sweet cherries in India.[1] Its specific epithet references the "horned" deformation of the fruit seen when a tree is afflicted with the fungal disease pocket plum gall, ascribed to the species Taphrina padi.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Singh, R. N.; Randhawa, S. S.; Gupta, P. N. (1971). "Rootstock Performance of Two Wild Species of Cherry Prunus cerasoides and Prunus cornuta in the Nursery". Indian Journal of Horticulture. 28 (3): 196–198. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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