Bird Cherry
Prunus padus · Rosaceae · 귀룽나무
Look
- Leaves
- Leaves are alternate, obovate-elliptic to elliptic, 6 to 12 cm long, with fine teeth on the margin and nectar glands on the leaf stalk.
- Flowers
- In May, white flowers 1 to 1.5 cm across grow in drooping racemes 10 to 15 cm long at the tips of new shoots, with leaves at the base of the raceme.
- Fruit
- Round drupes ripen black in June to July; the stone is wrinkled and the flesh is astringent.
- Bark
- Dark brown bark cracking lengthwise; a broken one-year-old twig has a smell.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native (Korean Peninsula)
- Native to
- Found in Hokkaido (Japan), China, Mongolia, Siberia and Europe; in Korea it grows in mountain valleys below 1,800 m elevation nationwide.
- Ecology
- Grows well in moist shade in high mountain valleys or in fertile sandy loam, and tolerates cold, pollution and alkaline soil. In bloom the whole tree is covered with flowers; it sprouts well and grows fast.