Rosaceae
St lucie cherry
Prunus mahaleb
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
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Common names
By language (46)
- Arabic
- محلب, شجر ادريس
- Armenian
- Բալենի մահալեբյան
- arz
- محلب
- Asturian
- Guindal brava
- azb
- مئشه آلبالیسی
- Azerbaijani
- Meşə albalısı
- Basque
- Oilaran
- Bosnian
- Rašeljka
- Bulgarian
- Махалебка
- Catalan
- Cirerer de guineu, Bois de sainte lucie, Cirer bord, Cirer de guilla, Cirer de guineu, Cirerer de Santa Llúcia, Cireres de moixó
- Central Kurdish
- کەنێر
- Chinese
- 圆叶樱桃, 圓葉櫻桃, 马哈利樱桃, 麻哈勒布樱桃
- Croatian
- Rašeljka
- Czech
- Višeň turecká, Třešeň mahalebka
- Danish
- Weichseltræ, Weichsel
- Divehi
- މަހުލުނބޯ
- Dutch
- Weichselboom, Weichselkers
- English
- St lucie cherry
- Estonian
- Lõhnav kirsipuu
- Finnish
- Veikselinkirsikka, Mahlebi
- French
- Bois de sainte Lucie, Cerisier de sainte Lucie, Cerisier De Sainte-Lucie, Faux merisier, Faux-merisier, Qneu, Quénot
- Georgian
- Ბალღოჯი
- German
- Steinweichsel, Bois de sainte lucie, Felsen-Kirsche, Felsenkirsche, Stein-Weichsel
- hsb
- Čećikata wišnja
- Hungarian
- Sajmeggy
- Italian
- Ciliegio canino, Ciliegio di Santa Lucia
- Japanese
- プルヌス・マハレブ
- kab
- Tatrisa
- Korean
- 루치아벚나무
- Kurdish
- Kenêr, کەنێر
- Kyrgyz
- Магалеб моюлу
- Lithuanian
- Bois de sainte lucie
- Malayalam
- പുണ്യാവ, Perfumed Cherry, ഗന്ധപ്രിയാങ്കു
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Mahaleb
- os
- Балгъодзы
- pcd
- Sinte-luchie
- Persian
- محلب
- Polish
- Wiśnia wonna, Antypka
- Russian
- Антипка
- Serbian (Latin)
- Rašeljka
- Slovenian
- Rešeljika
- Spanish
- Abanera, Arbol de Santa Lucia, Arto cutio, Cerezo de Mahoma, Cerezo de puerto, Cerezo de santa Lucia, Cerezo de santa Lucía, Druparia mahaleb
- Swedish
- Vejksel, Bois de sainte lucie
- Turkish
- Mahlep, Mehlep
- Uzbek
- Kamxastak
- Welsh
- Coeden geirios Sant Lucie
Synonyms
- Cerasus mahaleb (L.) Mill.
- Mahaleb vulgaris Takht.
- Padellus mahaleb (L.) Vassilcz.
- Padus mahaleb (L.) Borkh.
- Padus mahaleb var. typica (Asch. & Graebn.) Buia
- Prunus mahaleb prol. typica Asch. & Graebn.
- Prunus mahaleb subsp. typica (Asch. & Graebn.) Pénzes
- Prunus mahaleb var. typica Fiori
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 414 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Martin Scheuch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jochen Essig, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Adam Kranz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gianluca Congi🪶🦆🌲, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bartosz Sarnowski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yuliana Leshchenko, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jochen Essig, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Schultz, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.