Cerasus kumanoensis

Flower name
Cerasus kumanoensis
Scientific name
Cerasus kumanoensis
Alias熊野桜, Kumano cherry
Place of originJapan
Place of floweringLow mountains
Flowering seasonFebruary, March

What is Cerasus kumanoensis

Cerasus kumanoensis or Kumano cherry' ( Cerasus kumanoensis)The Kumano cherry (Cerasus kumanoensis, scientific name) is a species of cherry tree endemic to Japan and one of the original species of the deciduous broad-leaved small tree "sakura" in the genus cherry of the rose family. It grows wild on mountain slopes in the southern Kii Peninsula (Nara, Mie, and Wakayama Prefectures). It is a wild cherry tree that has existed for a long time, but was discovered only 100 years ago, which is relatively new.

■Kumano cherry tree characteristics
Blooming season is from February to March, earlier than yamazakura and Somei-Yoshino (Somei-Yoshino).
The leaves are small, thin, and oval-shaped.
The flowers bloom earlier than the leaves.
The flowers are white to pale red with flaring at the petal edge, and there are often two flowers per inflorescence.
Flower diameter: 2.5 to 3.5 cm, medium sized, single-petaled.
Petiole: short and hairless.

Common name: Kumano cherry, scientific name: Cerasus kumanoensis, English name: Kumano cherry, Taxonomy: Rosaceae (Rosaceae), genus Cherry, genus of true dicotyledonous plants in the plant kingdom, native to Japan, habitat: mountain slopes in southern Kii Peninsula (Nara, Mie and Wakayama prefectures), height: 8 to 16 Leaf color: green to red (leaves turn red in autumn), Petiole: short and hairless, Leaf quality: small, thin, leaf shape: ovate, leaf length: cm, leaf margin: serrate, inflorescence: alternate, Flower diameter: 2.5-3.5 cm, Flower color: white to light red, Flowering style: single-petaled, open flat, Number of petals: 5, Flowering season: February to March, Fruit diameter: 0.8-1.0 cm, Black purple Fruit diameter: 0.8-1.0 cm, blackish purple, astringent, Remarks: 11th wild species, recently discovered 100 years ago.

Cherry Blossom Species
There are 11 species of cherry trees: 10 species + 1 species of kanhizakura (which later became wild).