Prunus serrulata
Oriental Cherry, Japanese flowering cherry, Prunus (Sato-zakura cultivars), Japanese cherry, Hill Cherry, Japanese Mountain Cherry, Korean Mountain Cherry, Kwanzan Cherry, Flowering Cherry, Japanese Hill Cherry
Description
Deciduous perennial ornamental tree with dense, expansive foliage. The luxuriant spring blossoms, bearing flowers in inflorescences of different pinkish hues in relation to the numerous varieties, lend high landscape value to both private and public green areas.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
- Species
- Prunus serrulata
Synonyms (7)
- Cerasus maeda
- Cerasus serrulata
- Padus serrulata
- Prunus angustissima
- Prunus hupehensis
- Prunus koraiensis
- Prunus wildeniana
