Prunus maximowiczii
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Prunus maximowiczii, known as the Miyama cherry or Korean cherry (not to be confused with P. japonica, also called Korean cherry), is a small (about 7.5m), fruiting cherry tree that can be found growing wild in northeastern Asia and Eurasia.
Taxonomy
The species was first described in 1857 by Franz Josef Ruprecht. It was treated in the genus Cerasus (now accepted as a subgenus of Prunus) by Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov in 1927, but the original P. maximowiczii remains the accepted binomial.[1][2]
Description
P. maximowiczii has white, insect-pollinated, hermaphroditic flowers, blooming in May. The seeds ripen in August, and the edible fruit (cherries) are about 5mm in diameter, containing a large seed.[3]
Range and habitat
Korea, China (Heilong Jiang, Jilin, Liaoning and Zhejiang), Russia (Khabarovsk, Primorye or Sakhalin), and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu or Kyushu),[1] often in mountainous, woodland regions and in clayey soil.
Uses
P. maximowiczii is useful in many ways; aside from eating the fruit, the flowers can be used as a condiment, preserved in brine[3]
The wood of P. maximowiczii is very hard, heavy, and close grained, making it excellent for carving and the making of furniture.[3]
Dye produced from the leaves of P. maximowiczii is green; and that from the fruit, a dark grey to green.[3]
Chemically, amygdalin and prunasin, the derivitives of which produce prussic acid[3] as well as Genistein[4] can be extracted from P. maximowiczii.
References
- ^ a b c "Prunus maximowiczii information from NPGS/GRIN". GRIN. USDA. February 10, 2006 . Retrieved July 7, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ a b "Cerasus maximowiczii information from NPGS/GRIN". GRIN. USDA. February 11, 2007 . Retrieved July 7, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ a b c d e "Prunus maximowiczii". Retrieved May 24, 2009.
- ^ Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. "Chemical Information - GENISTEIN". Retrieved May 24, 2009.
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