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Thundercloud cherry plum tree

Prunus cerasifera

Photo by mauna Kunzah
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Description:

P. cerasifera is a tree with maroon leaves. Every spring, the tree produces five-petaled, light pink flowers that give rise to edible (tart) red-purple fruit. Each fruit is about the size of a golfball (https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/11519368).

Habitat:

Grows in a residential area.

Notes:

Introduced to the US from Europe and Western Asia.

Reference Links:

Cherry plum - Wikipedia, http://hort.ufl.edu/trees/PRUCERC.pdf

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