Prunus cerasoides D. Don

 
  • Family : ROSACEAE
    (Rose Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rosaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Cerasus pectinata Spach; Cerasus phoshia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Cerasus puddum Roxb. ex Ser.; Maddenia pedicellata Hook.f.; Prunus carmesina H.Hara; Prunus puddum (Roxb. ex Ser.) Miq.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Prunus cerasoides Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
  • Common name : Himalayan cherry, Indian wild cherry, Bird cherry, Himalayan Wild Cherry, Himalayan flowering cherry
  • Vernacular name :
    • Padamkat, Padmak, Paddam (Hindi)
    • Padmaka (Kannada)
    • Padamak, Padmagandhi (Tamil)
    • Pathumukham (Malayalam)
    • Padam (Hindi)
    • Dieng kaditusoo (Khasi)
    • Tlaizawng, Tlaizowng (Mizo)
    • Painyu (Nepali)
    • Malhei (Manipur)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Forests; often planted by wayside resting places
  • Comments / notes : Grown as ornamental tree. Occasional in higher hills. Fruit edible. Stones used for necklaces; branches used for walking sticks
  • Key identification features : Fruit yellow or red, ovoid long , acid; stone rough, furrowed
  • Flower, Fruit : August-January
  • Collector(s) Name : R. Raghavendra Rao
  • Collection Date : 02/01/1971
  • Collection Nos : R.R. Rao 1257
  • Collection Locality : Honnametti, B.R. Hills, Chamarajanagar district (KA)
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Nainital district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Meghalaya : East Khasi Hills (Shillong) district
  • Native : India, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalayas, India, China, Tibet, Myanmar
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
    • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 114
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Prunus cerasoides. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

Field Image(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

Creative Commons License
India Flora Online by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.