Prunus huantensis
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| Prunus huantensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Prunus |
| Species: | P. huantensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Prunus huantensis Koehne | |
Prunus huantensis is a South American tree native to mountain forests of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. It may be a synonym of Prunus brittoniana.[1]
It is a shrub or tree up to 27 metres (89 feet) tall,[2][3] with brown lenticellate branchlets.[2] The leaves are 6.5–17 centimetres (2+1⁄2–6+3⁄4 inches) long, 3.5–7 cm (1+1⁄2–2+3⁄4 in) wide; ovate, with a rounded base; rigid, coriaceous; shortly denticulate.[2][4] Flowers arranged in an elongated raceme up to 17 cm long; sepals 1 mm long; petals up to 3 millimetres (1⁄8 in) long.[2] The fruits are black, spherical, up to 1.9 cm (3⁄4 in) wide.[2][4]