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Prunus japonica Thunb.  
Family: Rosaceae
[Cerasus japonica, moreCerasus japonica var. zhejiangensis (Y.B.Chang) T.C.Ku ex B.M.Barthol., Microcerasus japonica (Thunb.) M.Roem., Prunus consociiflora C.K.Schneid., Prunus ishidoyana Nakai, Prunus japonica f. rufinervis (Nakai) T.B.Lee, Prunus japonica var. fukienensis Rehder, Prunus japonica var. kerii (Steud.) Koehne, Prunus japonica var. zhejiangensis Y.B.Chang, Prunus kerii Steud., Prunus nakaii var. ishidoyana (Nakai) H.S.Kim, Prunus nakaii var. rufinervis Nakai]
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Japan Flora: Shrub with slender elongate branches often puberulent while young; leaves ovate, rarely ovate- lanceolate, 3:7 cm. long, acuminate, rounded or sometimes cuneate at base, doubly acute-toothcd, glabrous on both sides or short-pubescent on nerves beneath, the stipules longer than the petioles, laciniate, minutely toothed, the petioles 2-3 mm. long; flowers appearing with the leaves, 2 or 3, small, white or pale pink, single, the pedicels 5-10 mm. long; drupes sub- globose. Apr.

Cultivated shrub of Chinese origin.

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National University and Korea National Arboretum of Korea Forest Service.
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