Trees or shrubs, sometimes spiny (not in ours). Stipules present. Leaves alternate, simple. Flowers bisexual, 5-merous. sometimes flowering before the leaves. Petals inserted at the mouth of the calyx tube. Stamens 10-many. Carpel 1, style terminal; ovules 2. Fruit drupaceous, indehiscent, 1(-2)-seeded.
Worldwide: 200 species in temperate zones and on tropical mountains
Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-23
Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.(2023). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Prunus. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=660, retrieved 28 September 2023
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