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Taxon:  Prunus salicina Lindl.



Summary
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
Prunus
Section:
Prunus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Amygdaleae
Nomen number:
30091
Place of publication:
Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7:239. 1828 ("1830")
Comment:
date of publication from K. Gandhi (pers. comm. via e-mail on 11 Jul 2012)
Verified:
05/13/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Prunus salicina Lindl. var. cordata Y. He & J. Y. Zhang (0 active accession[s])
Prunus salicina Lindl. var. mandshurica (Skvortsov) Skvortsov & A. I. Baranov (0 active accession[s])
Prunus salicina Lindl. var. pubipes (Koehne) L. H. Bailey (0 active accession[s])
Prunus salicina Lindl. var. salicina (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Prunus thibetica Franch.
Prunus trifolia Roxb.
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Reference(s)
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  4. Bouhadida, M. et al. 2007. Chloroplast DNA diversity in Prunus and its implication on genetic relationships. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 132:670-679. Note: this study included samples of both Prunus salicina and its hybrids used as graft stocks
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Common names
English
plum –
willow-leaf cherry –
Swedish
japanskt plommon –
Transcribed Chinese
li –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHeilongjiang Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJilin Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaLiaoning Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNingxia Huizi Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShandong Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos n.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar n.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam n.
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Heilongjiang Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Shanxi Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Ningxia Huizi Zizhiqu]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Laos (n.), Myanmar (n.), Vietnam (n.)
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruit Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:262.
Human foodfruit Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=30091. Accessed 14 May 2025.