Family |
Rosaceae
Prunus mahaleb
L.
Prunus mahaleb L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 474 (1753).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 201, Pl. LXXIV, 2; 1970)
Description
Life-form & habit: Shrub or small tree, 2–4 m tall in Mouterde's treatment, with numerous spreading branches.
Leaves: Elongate-ovate, tapering to a more or less pointed tip, sometimes slightly heart-shaped at the base, with fine, inconspicuous teeth.
Inflorescence & flowers: White flowers in simple, convex clusters.
Fruit: Small, ovate drupe, 5–6 mm long, often with a short point, red to black.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowering April–June.
Habitat & elevation: Rocky places; also cultivated and used as a rootstock.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Near Douma, near Chahtoul, Jabal Barouk, Ehden forest, Ammiq and Sannine.
Native range: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
Introduced into: Alaska, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arkansas, Baltic States, British Columbia, California, Central European Russia, Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, Great Britain, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Netherlands, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, North Carolina, Norway, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Sweden, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.