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Prinsepia utilis, the Himalayan cherry, is a spiny shrub from 1 to 5 m tall native to the Himalayas and western China, grown for edible fruit, seed oil and hedging. Give it full sun and well-drained soil; it tolerates poor, dry ground.
Prinsepia utilis, the Himalayan wild cherry or Himalayan cherry prinsepia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is native to the Himalayan region, from northeast Pakistan to south-central China. In the wild it is typically found at on valley slopes, wastelands, and on trailsides at elevations from 1,000 to 2,600 m (3,300 to 8,500 ft). A spiny shrub from 1 to 5 m (3 to 16 ft) in height, it bears edible fruit which are particularly liked by children, and whose seeds are used to produce a cooking oil. It is also planted as a hedge.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prinsepia utilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
