Cerasus tianshanica

Pojarkov

Tien-shan cherry, Tyanshanskaya cherry

Rosaceae Edible: Fruit

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Description

A shrub. It grows 1-1.6 m tall. The bark is light grey. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped and 3 cm long by 1 cm wide. There are teeth along the edge. The flowers are pink. There are usually 4-6 in a cluster. The fruit are round and fleshy and 9 mm across.

Edible Uses

The fruit are eaten.

Distribution

It is a temperate plant. It grows in Central Asia. It grows in stony places between 800-1,000 m above sea level.

Where It Grows

Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,

Synonyms

Cerasus prostrata var. concolor Boiss.Prunus prostrata var. concolor (Boiss.) Lipsky

References (2)

Country Report on the State of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in the Kazakhstan Republic. 2007, FAO
Janick, J., Horticultural Reviews, Wild Apple and Fruit Trees of Central Asia. p327