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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 triflora Roxb.
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Common names
English
plum –
willow-leaf cherry –
Swedish
japanskt plommon –
Transcribed Chinese
li –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHeilongjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJilin 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaLiaoning 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNingxia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShandong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
2Cultivated     
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam
Cultivated ()
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). 1989- 2:262.
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URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=30091. Accessed 15 December 2025.

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