Rosaceae
Nanking cherry
Prunus tomentosa
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 山樱桃, 山豆子, 梅桃, 毛樱桃, 樱桃, 西南樱桃, 野樱桃根
- Czech
- Třešeň plstnatá
- English
- Nanking cherry, Nanking bush cherry
- French
- Cerisier de Nankin, Cerisier du Canada, Minel du Canada, Ragoumier
- Japanese
- ゆすらうめ, ユスラ, 山桜桃, 梅桃, 英桃
- Korean
- 앵도나무, 앵두
- Persian
- پرونوس تومنتوسا, یوسورااومه
- Russian
- Войлочная вишня
Synonyms
- Amygdalus tomentosa (Thunb.) K.Koch
- Armeniaca tomentosa hort.
- Armeniaca trichocarpa (Bunge) M.Roem.
- Cerasus tomentosa Wall.
- Cerasus tomentosa (Thunb.) Loisel.
- Cerasus tomentosa f. oblonga Skvortsov
- Cerasus tomentosa var. pendula B.Y.Feng & S.M.Xie
- Microcerasus tomentosa (Thunb.) Eremin & Yushev
- Microcerasus tomentosa (Thunb.) Eremin & Juschev
- Microcerasus tomentosa f. batalinii (C.K.Schneid.) Eremin & Yushev
- Microcerasus tomentosa f. cinerascens Eremin & Juschev
- Prunus batalinii (C.K.Schneid.) Koehne
- Prunus cinerascens Franch.
- Prunus cinerascens var. yunnanensis Cardot
- Prunus tomentosa f. leucocarpa Rehder
- Prunus tomentosa f. oblonga Skvortsov
- Prunus tomentosa f. ovata Skvortsov
- Prunus tomentosa var. batalinii C.K.Schneid.
- Prunus tomentosa var. breviflora Koehne
- Prunus tomentosa var. endotricha Koehne
- Prunus tomentosa var. graebneriana Koehne
- Prunus tomentosa var. heteromera Koehne
- Prunus tomentosa var. insularis Koehne
- Prunus tomentosa var. kashkarovii Koehne
- Prunus tomentosa var. souliei Koehne
- Prunus tomentosa var. spaethiana Koehne
- Prunus tomentosa var. trichocarpa (Bunge) Koehne
- Prunus tomentosa var. tsuluensis Koehne
- Prunus trichocarpa Bunge
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Ruslan V.Albitsky aka pauk, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: pauk aka Ruslan V. Albitsky, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: pauk aka Ruslan V Albitsky, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: А. Кабанов, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kor!An, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kor!An, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kor!An, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kor!An, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rise DHMN, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nesnad, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nesnad, CC BY 4.0, 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.