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A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet Prunus avium and the sour Prunus cerasus. The name 'cherry' also refers to the cherry tree and its wood, and is sometimes applied to almonds and visually similar flowering trees in the genus Prunus, as in "ornamental cherry" or "cherry blossom". Wild cherry may refer to any of the cherry species growing outside cultivation, although Prunus avium is often referred to specifically by the name "wild cherry" in the British Isles. Prunus subg. Cerasus Prunus subg. Cerasus contains species that are typically called cherries. They are known as true cherries and distinguished by having a single winter bud per axil, by having the flowers in small corymbs or umbels of several together (occasionally solitary, e.g. P. serrula; some species with short racemes, e.g. P. maacki), and by having smooth fruit with no obvious groove. Examples of true cherries are: Prunus apetala (Siebold & Zucc.) Franch. & Sav. – clove cherry Prunus avium (L.) L. – sweet cherry, wild cherry, mazzard or gean Prunus campanulata Maxim. – Taiwan cherry, Formosan cherry or bell-flowered cherry Prunus canescens Bois. – grey-leaf cherry Prunus cerasus L. – sour cherry Prunus emarginata (Douglas ex Hook.) Walp. – Oregon cherry or bitter cherry Prunus fruticosa Pall. – European dwarf cherry, dwarf cherry, Mongolian cherry or steppe cherry Prunus incisa Thunb. – Fuji cherry Prunus jamasakura Siebold ex Koidz. – Japanese mountain cherry or Japanese hill cherry Prunus leveilleana (Koidz.) Koehne – Korean mountain cherry Prunus maackii Rupr. – Manchurian cherry or Amur chokecherry Prunus mahaleb L. – Saint Lucie cherry, rock cherry, perfumed cherry or mahaleb cherry Prunus maximowiczii Rupr. – Miyama cherry or Korean cherry Prunus nipponica Matsum. – Takane cherry, peak cherry or Japanese alpine cherry Prunus pensylvanica L.f. – pin cherry, fire cherry, or wild red cherry Prunus pseudocerasus Lindl.

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The peach (Prunus persica) is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China. It bears edible juicy fruits with various characteristics, most called peaches and others (the glossy-skinned, non-fuzzy varieties), nectarines. The specific name persica refers to its widespread cultivation in Persia (modern-day Iran), from where it was transplanted to Europe. It belongs to the genus Prunus, which includes the cherry, apricot, almond, and plum, in the rose family.

Prunus cerasus

Prunus cerasus (sour cherry, tart cherry, or dwarf cherry) is a species of Prunus in the subgenus Cerasus (cherries), native to much of Europe, North Africa and West Asia. It is closely related to the sweet cherry (Prunus avium), but has a fruit that is more acidic. Its sour pulp is edible. The tree is smaller than the sweet cherry (growing to a height of 4–10 m), has twiggy branches, and its crimson-to-near-black cherries are borne upon shorter stalks.

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