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Prunus spicata is a tropical tree from Borneo and Luzon, growing 12 to 25 m tall with purplish or brownish bark. It is a species of cherry, not commonly cultivated, and care information is limited.
Prunus spicata is a species of Prunus native to the islands of Borneo (Malaysia) and Luzon (Philippines). It is a tree, usually 12 m but reaching 25 m tall, with purplish or brownish bark. Its herbaceous leaves are elliptic to oblong or lanceolate to ovate, 6 to 18 cm long and 2.5 to 6.5 cm wide, having rounded bases and acute, long tapering or acuminate apices, and zero to two (sometimes four) flat basal glands. Stipules also have glands. Leaves are hairy when young, and usually retain some hairs on their undersides when mature. The flowers have 15 to 30 stamens each, with up to 4 mm long filaments and 0.3 to 0.5 mm long anthers. The ovaries are densely hairy. The fruits are red (possibly black) when ripe, and have endocarps which are glabrous inside. Its seeds have glabrous testa.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prunus spicata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
