CherryTree

Chinese Cherry Tree //Prunus tomentosa// Audio pronunciation here alternate, 2–7 cm long and 1–3.5 cm broad, oval to obovate, acuminate with irregularly serrate margins, rugose, dark green, with glandular petioles. The fruit is edible, being an ingredient of juice, jam, wine and in pickled vegetables and mushrooms. It is also grown as an ornamental plant.
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 * **Leaf**:
 * Form**:Shrub/Tree
 * Fruit**:sweet but slightly tart cherry 5–12 mm (rarely to 25 mm) in diameter, scarlet, ripening in early summer.
 * Bark**: glabrous and copper-tinted black
 * Location**: 40 degress north and 80 degress west
 * Economic/Ecological Importance:**
 * Habitat**:Temperate areas, Hardwood forests, Suburban Areas
 * Range**: Eurasia, North America, Australia
 * Toxicity**: Can produce cyanide when leaves become wilted



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