Prunus lundelliana

Prunus lundelliana, Spanish: taquicui, and nail wamal in the Tzeltal language, is a species of Prunus native to southern Mexico and to northern Central America. It is a tree reaching 10 m. It is a common understory species in montane cloud forests, preferring 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]

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

References

  1. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 22(2): 77. 1940.
  2. 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. https://www.gbif.org/species/3021978
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