Rosaceae
Indian plum
Oemleria cerasiformis
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Oemleria
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Common names
By language (8)
- Croatian
- Emlerija
- Czech
- Vonivka třešňová
- English
- Indian plum
- Polish
- Śliwokrzew amerykański
- Portuguese
- Oemleria
- Russian
- Эмлерия
- Spanish
- Oemleria
- Welsh
- Coeden geirios Oemler
Synonyms
- Exochorda davidiana Baill.
- Nuttallia cerasiformis Torr. & A.Gray ex Hook. & Arn.
- Nuttallia davidiana (Baill.) Baill.
- Osmaronia bracteosa Greene
- Osmaronia cerasiformis (Torr. & A.Gray ex Hook. & Arn.) Greene
- Osmaronia cerasiformis var. lancifolia Greene
- Osmaronia cerasiformis var. nigra Greene
- Osmaronia demissa Greene
- Osmaronia laurina Greene
- Osmaronia obtusa Greene
- Osmaronia padiformis Greene
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Doreen Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Sara Farinelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jim S, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.