Prunus cerasoides seed

LATIN NAME: PRUNUS CERASOIDES

COMMON NAME: Himalayan Wild Cherry

The Himalayan wild cherry sheathes the medium, deciduous tree with the smooth, coppery, peeling bark and the oval, toothed, dark-green leaves, the clusters of the pink to rose flowers opening in the cool season, the small, red to dark-purple cherries following, the tree holding the rounded, spreading crown. It grows steadily into the open, graceful form, and it stands the mild, dry winters well. It likes the sun, and the deep, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The Himalayan wild cherry anchors the studies of the cool-season flowering cherries, and the cerasoides species appears in the work on the peeling-bark ornamentals and the winter-bloom cherries. The research looks at the way the pink clusters open in the cool season, the bark renewal, and the seed biology. The horticulturists keep the winter bloom in view, and the growers of the cherry and ornamental trees list the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

By the cottage wall, the Himalayan wild cherry opens the pink blossom against the cool-season garden. The flowers feed the early bees, the small cherries feed the birds, and the tree makes the fine specimen, the avenue tree and the winter-bloom ornamental. It takes well to the deep, well-drained, sunny ground. Copper-barked, pink-bloomed and cool-season-born.

To grow the Himalayan Wild Cherry from seed, break the stones open and set the kernels in pots of loamy compost.

Break the stones open and set the kernels in pots of loamy compost, and keep the young trees in the open, sunny spot. The pink blossom returns with the cool season. , keeping them cool and moist, keep the pots lightly watered, and the young trees wake in their own time. The pink blossom returns with the cool season.

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     Fruit — 15mm in diameter, the fruit can be eaten raw or cooked.
    Gum — Gum is chewed and obtained from the trunk. It can be employed as a substitute for gum tragacanth.
    Seed — It can be eaten raw or cooked.

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