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Prunus lundelliana

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Prunus lundelliana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species:
P. lundelliana
Binomial name
Prunus lundelliana

Prunus lundelliana, Spanish: taquicui, and nail wamal in the Tzeltal language, is a species flowering plant in the family Rosaceae native to southern Mexico and to northern Central America. It is a tree reaching 10 m. A common understory species in montane cloud forests, it prefers to grow on the sides of streams.[2] It resembles Prunus tetradenia, but with significantly smaller leaves, and in the position of certain of the leaf glands.[1] The wood is dense and darkly colored. The white 4 to 6 mm flowers are borne on axillary racemes. The fruit, a drupe, is black, 8 to 10 mm, with very little flesh.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 22(2): 77. 1940.
  2. ^ a b Berlin, Brent; Breedlove, Dennis E.; Raven, Peter H. (28 January 1974). Principles of Tzeltal Plant Classification: An Introduction to the Botanical Ethnography of a Mayan-Speaking People of Highland Chiapas. Academic Press. p. 188. ISBN 9781483220987.
  3. ^ "Prunus lundelliana Standl".