Taxon: Prunus mahaleb L.

Common names:

• Gandhi cherry   (Source: Genet Res Crop Evol ) – English
  
• mahaleb cherry   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• perfumed cherry   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• rock cherry   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• St. Lucie cherry   (Source: F BritStace ) – English
  
• yuan ye ying tao   (Source: F ChinaEng [as Cerasus mahaleb]) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• amarel   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• bois-de-Sainte-Lucie   (Source: L Noms French ed6 ) – French
  
• cerisier de Sainte-Lucie   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Felsenkirsche   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• Steinweichsel   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• cerezo de Santa Lucía   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• vejksel   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (leaves & seeds are used in Mid. East fide Cornucopia)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Krussmann)
  
• Environmental: revegetator   (fide Krussmann)
  
• Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide Krussmann)
  
• Gene sources: graft stock relative for sour cherry   (fide J Environ Hort 12:138. 1994)
  
• Gene sources: graft stock relative for sweet cherry   (based on hybrids with Prunus fruticosa fide J Amer Soc Hort Sci 132:672. 2007)
  
• Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of sweet cherry   (based on hybrids with Prunus avium fide Acta Hort 190:134. 1990)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Morocco
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Iran; Iraq; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan
  Middle Asia: Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan [n.]
• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Moldova; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sicily]; Macedonia; Montenegro; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Bortiri, E. et al. 2001. Phylogeny and systematics of Prunus (Rosaceae) as determined by sequence analysis of ITS and the chloroplast trnL-trnF spacer DNA. Syst. Bot. 26:797–807.
• Bortiri, E. et al. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of morphology in Prunus reveals extensive homoplasy. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259:53–71.
• Bouhadida, M. et al. 2007. Chloroplast DNA diversity in Prunus and its implication on genetic relationships. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 132:670–679. [this study examined one sample of Prunus mahaleb and another of a hybrid with P. fruticosa, the latter used as a graft stock for cherry].
• Cai, Y. L. et al. 2007. Studies on genetic variation in cherry germplasm using RAPD analysis. Sci. Hort. 111:248–254. [this study included Prunus mahaleb as one of the wild species used as an outgroup].
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Iezzoni, A. et al. 1990. Cherries (Prunus). Acta Hort. 190:111–173.
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Lee, S. & J. Wen. 2001. A phylogenetic analysis of Prunus and the Amygdaloideae (Rosaceae) using ITS sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Amer. J. Bot. 88:150–160. [this study found Prunus mahaleb grouped with members of subgenera Padus and Laurocerasus than to members of Cerasus section Microcerasus of Rehder].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
• Mowrey, B. D. & D. J. Werner. 1990. Phylogenetic relationships among species of Prunus as inferred by isozyme markers. Theor. Appl. Genet. 80:129–133. [this study found that Prunus mahaleb grouped with other members of subgenus Cerasus].
• Pandey, A. et al. 2008. Genetic resources of Prunus (Rosaceae) in India. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:91–104. [this review included Prunus mahaleb locally used in India for its kernels].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Ranney, T. G. 1994. Differential tolerance of eleven Prunus taxa to root zone flooding. J. Environm. Hort. 12:138–141. [mentions "grafted sour cherry (P. cerasus L. "Montmorency" on P. mahaleb)"].
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. [= Cerasus mahaleb].
• Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9: in press. [introduced].
• Shimada, T. et al. 1999. Genetic diversity of cherries characterized by random amplified polymorphic DNA. J. Jap. Soc. Hort. Sci. 68:984–986. [this study found that Prunus mahaleb grouped among "flowering cherries" apart from P. avium and P. cerasus].
• Shimada, T. et al. 2001. The genetic diversities of 4 species of subg. Lithocerasus (Prunus, Rosaceae) revealed by RAPD analysis. Euphytica 117:85–90. [cites].
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
• Stewart, R. 1972. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of West Pakistan and Kashmir.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). [= Cerasus mahaleb (L.) Mill.].

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Prunus mahaleb.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Prunus mahaleb.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Cerasus mahaleb (L.) Mill.
  

Check other web resources for Prunus mahaleb L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Prunus mahaleb cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Stone: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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