Rosaceae

Cherry plum

Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus

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Cherry plum: Kirschpflaume ( Prunus cerasifera ) im Hockenheimer Rheinbogen — Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (68)

ab: Аҳәаса
Arabic: برقوق كرزي, البُرقوق الكرزي, الخوخ الكرزي, خوخ كرزي
Armenian: Սալորենի սովորական
arz: خوخ كرزى
Asturian: Guindal-cerezal
azb: آلچا
Azerbaijani: Alça
ba: Алса
Basque: Gerezi-aranondo, Aranondo japoniar, Japoniar aranondo
Belarusian: Алыча, Вішнясліва, Сліва растапыраная
Bulgarian: Джанка, Джанки
Burmese: ဖန်ခါးသီး
Catalan: Prunera de fulla vermella
Chinese: 樱桃李, 櫻桃李, 中亚李, 樱李, 新疆樱桃李, 红叶李
Croatian: Crvenolisna šljiva, Džanarika, Mirobalana, Okruglica, Ringlo, Trešnjolika šljiva, Trnošljiva, Šljiva ranka
csb: Wiszniowô slëwa
Czech: Slivoň myrobalán, Slivoň myrobán, Myrobalán, Myrobalán třešňový, Slivoň třešňová
Danish: Mirabel, Kirsebær-Blomme, Mirabelle
dsb: Wišnjowa slěwcyna
Dutch: Kerspruim, Myrobalaan
English: Cherry plum, Myrobalan plum, Myrobalan
Esperanto: Mirobalano
Estonian: Haraline ploomipuu, Alõtšad
Finnish: Kirsikkaluumu, Kirsikkaluumupuu, Myrobalaani
French: Myrobolan, Prunier myrobalan, Prunier d'ornement, Prunier myrobolan
Galician: Abruñeiro dos xardíns, Ameixeira xaponesa
Georgian: Ალუჩა
German: Kirschpflaume, Kirsch-Pflaume, Myrobalane, Wildpflaume
Greek: Κορομηλιά
Hebrew: שזיף דובדבני
hsb: Bombawka
Hungarian: Cseresznyeszilva, Fosószilva, Lotyószilva, Mirabella, Mirabolán, Mirobalán, Paradicsomszilva, Ónabón
Igbo: Cherry plum, Myrobalan, Myrobalan plum
Irish: Crann plumaí silíneacha, Pluma silíneach
Italian: Amolo, Mirabolano, Rusticano
Japanese: チェリープラム, ベニバスモモ, 紅葉スモモ
Kazakh: Алша
kbd: Пхъэгулъ
Korean: 자엽꽃자두
Kurdish: Hûlitirşik
Kyrgyz: Алча
lbe: Ккурмуз
lez: Алуча
Norwegian Bokmål: Kirsebærplomme
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kirsebærplomme
os: Æхсынцъы
pam: Cherry plum
Persian: آلوچه
pnt: Κοκκίμελα
Polish: Śliwa wiśniowa, Ałycza
Romanian: Corcoduș, Corcoduş
Russian: Алыча, Алуча, Алыча вишневидная, Алыча культурная, Алыча растопыренная, Мирабель, Слива вишнёвоплодная, Слива растопыренная
Serbian: Џанарика
Serbian (Latin): Crvenolisna šljiva
shn: မၢၵ်ႇၼ, မၢၵ်ႇၼႃႉ
Slovak: Slivka višňoplodá
Slovenian: Mirobalana, Češnjelika sliva, Češnjeva sliva
Spanish: Ciruelo de jardin, Ciruelo de jardín, Ciruelo mirobalano, Ciruelo mirobolano, Myrobalan
Swedish: Körsbärsplommon
Tajik: Олуча, Олучаи суғдӣ
Turkish: Kiraz eriği
Ukrainian: Алича, Слива розчепірена
Uzbek: Togʻolcha
Vietnamese: Mận anh đào
vro: Alõts'a
Welsh: Coeden goeg-geirios
wuu: 樱桃李
xmf: Ჸომური

Synonyms

Armeniaca sogdiana Kudr.
Cerasus myrobalanos hort.
Padus racemosa (Lam.) C.K.Schneid.
Padus racemosa subsp. racemosa
Prunus alpestris Schischk.
Prunus caspica Kovalev & Ekimov
Prunus caspica subsp. foveata Kov. & Strebkova
Prunus cerasifera f. atropurpurea (H.Jaeger) Rehder
Prunus cerasifera f. elegans (Bean) Rehder
Prunus cerasifera f. nigra L.H.Bailey
Prunus cerasifera f. ovalidrupacea Bregadze
Prunus cerasifera f. pendula (L.H.Bailey) Rehder
Prunus cerasifera f. plano-subglobosa-drupacea Bregadze
Prunus cerasifera f. purpusii (Hesse) L.H.Bailey
Prunus cerasifera f. spaethiana H.L.Späth
Prunus cerasifera f. stipitata Bregadze
Prunus cerasifera f. subglobosa-drupacea Bregadze
Prunus cerasifera f. subglobosa-putaminata Bregadze
Prunus cerasifera f. woodii (Späth) Rehder
Prunus cerasifera lus. pendula (L.H.Bailey) Asch. & Graebn.
Prunus cerasifera prol. myrobalana (L.) Asch. & Graebn.
Prunus cerasifera subsp. borealicaucasica Kovalev & Ekimov
Prunus cerasifera subsp. caspica N.N.Luneva
Prunus cerasifera subsp. divaricata (Ledeb.) Brandis
Prunus cerasifera subsp. divaricata (Ledeb.) C.K.Schneid.
Prunus cerasifera subsp. georgica Eremin & N.N.Luneva
Prunus cerasifera subsp. georgica Eremin
Prunus cerasifera subsp. iranica N.N.Luneva & Eremin
Prunus cerasifera subsp. macrocarpa Eremin & Garkov.
Prunus cerasifera subsp. myrobalana (L.) C.K.Schneid.
Prunus cerasifera subsp. nairica Kovalev
Prunus cerasifera subsp. orientalis (Popov) Kovalev
Prunus cerasifera subsp. pissardii (Carrière) P.Fourn.
Prunus cerasifera subsp. pontica N.N.Luneva
Prunus cerasifera subsp. pontica Kovalev & Ekimov
Prunus cerasifera subsp. sogdiana (Vassilcz.) Eremin
Prunus cerasifera subsp. taurica Kostina
Prunus cerasifera subsp. taurica Kostina
Prunus cerasifera subsp. turcomanica Popov ex N.N.Luneva
Prunus cerasifera subvar. pissardii (Carrière) Asch. & Graebn.

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Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.