A native of Japan, where it is a small tree 20 to 30 ft high, with a slender trunk. This species is very closely allied to our common bird cherry (P. padus), differing chiefly in the leaves, which have no glands on the very short stalks (almost invariably present in P. padus), and in the teeth being finer and more hair-like. The white flowers are borne in erect racemes up to 4 in. long. Fruits black, about the size of peas, narrowing towards the apex. The species inhabits the mountain forests of the main island of Japan, and the southern parts of Hokkaido. The true plant is very uncommon in cultivation.
Prunus grayana Maxim.
Genus
Other species in the genus
- Prunus alleghaniensis Porter
- Prunus americana Marsh.
- Prunus × amygdalo -persica (West.) Rehd.
- Prunus amygdalus
- Prunus angustifolia Marsh.
- Prunus apetala (Sieb. & Zucc.) Franch. & Sav.
- Prunus arabica (Oliv.) Meikle
- Prunus argentea (Lam.) Rehd.
- Prunus armeniaca L.
- Prunus avium L.Gean, Mazzard
- Prunus besseyi Bailey
- Prunus brigantina Vill.
- Prunus campanulata Maxim.
- Prunus canescens Bois
- Prunus cantabrigiensis Stapf
- Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.
- Prunus cerasus L.
- Prunus cocomilia Ten.
- Prunus concinna Koehne
- Prunus conradinae Koehne
- Prunus consociiflora Schneid.
- Prunus cornuta (Royle) Steud.
- Prunus cuthbertii Small
- Prunus dasycarpa Ehrh.
- Prunus davidiana (Carr.) Franch.
- Prunus × dawyckensis Sealy
- Prunus dielsiana Schneid.
- Prunus domestica L.Plum
- Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb
- Prunus emarginata (Hook.) Eaton
- Prunus × fontanesiana (Spach) Schneid.
- Prunus fruticosa Pall.
- Prunus glandulosa Thunb.
- Prunus hortulana Bailey
- Prunus humilis Bunge
- Prunus ilicifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Walp.
- Prunus incana (Pall.) Batsch
- Prunus incisa Thunb.Fuji Cherry
- Prunus jacquemontii Hook. f.
- Prunus kansuensis Rehd.
- Prunus lannesiana
- Prunus laurocerasus L.
- Prunus litigiosa Schneid.
- Prunus lusitanica L.
- Prunus maackii Rupr.
- Prunus mahaleb L.
- Prunus maritima Marsh.
- Prunus maximowiczii Rupr.
- Prunus microcarpa C. A. Mey.
- Prunus mira Koehne
- Prunus mugus Hand.-Mazz.
- Prunus mume Sieb. & Zucc.
- Prunus nigra Ait.
- Prunus nipponica Matsum.
- Prunus orthosepala Koehne
- Prunus padus L.
- Prunus pensylvanica L. f.
- Prunus persica (L.) Batsch
- Prunus pilosiuscula (Schneid.) Koehne
- Prunus prostrata Labill.
- Prunus pumila L.
- Prunus rufa Hook. f.
- Prunus salicina Lindl.
- Prunus sargentii Rehd.
- Prunus serotina Ehrh.
- Prunus serrula Franch.
- Prunus serrulata Lindl.
- Prunus sibirica L.
- Prunus × sieboldii (Carr.) Witttnack
- Prunus simonii Carr.
- Prunus speciosa (Koidz.) Ingram
- Prunus spinosa L.
- Prunus ssiori F. Schmidt
- Prunus subcordata Benth.
- Prunus subhirtella Miq.
- Prunus tangutica (Batal.) Koehne
- Prunus tenella Batsch
- Prunus tomentosa Thunb.
- Prunus triloba Lindl.
- Prunus virginiana L.
- Prunus × yedoensis Matsum.