Rosaceae
Sweet cherry
Prunus avium
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
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Common names
By language (7)
- Bulgarian
- Череша
- Chinese
- 欧洲甜樱桃, 卷耳, 欧洲樱桃
- English
- Sweet cherry
- Estonian
- Magus kirsipuu
- Hebrew
- דובדבן מתוק
- Japanese
- セイヨウミザクラ
- Kyrgyz
- Гилас
Synonyms
- Cerasus anglica Poit. & Turpin
- Cerasus anglica var. praecox Poit. & Turpin
- Cerasus arduennensis Callay
- Cerasus avicularis Dulac
- Cerasus avium (L.) Moench
- Cerasus avium f. acuminatissima (Kárpáti) Soó
- Cerasus avium f. angustifolia Dippel
- Cerasus avium f. aspleniifolia (G.Kirchn.) S.Ya.Sokolov
- Cerasus avium f. brevipetiolata (Kuntze) Soó
- Cerasus avium f. decumana (K.Koch) S.Ya.Sokolov
- Cerasus avium f. duracina (L.) S.Ya.Sokolov
- Cerasus avium f. juliana (L.) S.Ya.Sokolov
- Cerasus avium f. karpatii (Pénzes) Soó
- Cerasus avium f. microcarpa (Kuntze) Soó
- Cerasus avium f. nana (Bean) S.Ya.Sokolov
- Cerasus avium f. nigricans (Ehrh.) Buia
- Cerasus avium f. pendula (Ser.) S.Ya.Sokolov
- Cerasus avium f. plena (C.K.Schneid.) S.Ya.Sokolov
- Cerasus avium f. pyramidalis Dippel
- Cerasus avium f. salicifolia Dippel
- Cerasus avium f. salicifolia (C.K.Schneid.) S.Ya.Sokolov
- Cerasus avium f. sphenophylla (Kárpáti) Soó
- Cerasus avium f. varia (Ehrh.) Buia
- Cerasus avium prol. duracina (L.) Kirschl.
- Cerasus avium prol. juliana (L.) Kirschl.
- Cerasus avium subsp. duracina (L.) Janch.
- Cerasus avium subsp. juliana (L.) Janch.
- Cerasus avium subsp. sylvestris (Ser.) Janch.
- Cerasus avium subvar. lutea Mándy
- Cerasus avium unranked erythrocarpa Dierb.
- Cerasus avium unranked fastigiata Poit. & Turpin
- Cerasus avium unranked grandifolia de Vos
- Cerasus avium unranked melanocarpa Dierb.
- Cerasus avium unranked sativa Dierb.
- Cerasus avium unranked sylvestris Dierb.
- Cerasus avium var. albida (Ehrh.) Soó
- Cerasus avium var. amara Sosn.
- Cerasus avium var. aspleniifolia G.Kirchn.
- Cerasus avium var. dulcis Sosn.
- Cerasus avium var. duracina (L.) Lej. & Courtois
and 176 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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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.