Cerasus maximowiczii

Flower name
Cerasus maximowiczii
Scientific name
Cerasus maximowiczii
Alias
Place of originJapan, the Korean Peninsula, and China
Place of floweringSub-alpine, Park
Flowering seasonMay, June
Language of flowersLove is stronger than death

What is Cerasus maximowiczii

Characteristics: Cerasus maximowiczii has a wide habitat distribution from Hokkaido to Kyushu, and is a species of cherry tree with white flowers that bloom in flat openings. Flowering is late, in May, and the flowers, which bloom in racemes, are small and have no lobes at the tips of the petals.

Cerasus maximowiczii , Miyama cherry, Korean mountain cherry (scientific name: Cerasus maximowiczii) is a deciduous broad-leaved tree belonging to the family Rosaceae and the genus Cerasus, native to Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and China. In Japan, it is distributed in the forest margins of subalpine mountains in Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. 4-8 small white flowers bloom from May to June after the leaves have fully opened, extending from the lateral branches in a raceme.

Common name: Cerasus maximowiczii , also known as , Miyama cherry, Korean mountain cherry, Origin: Japan, Form: upright, Height: 5 to 20 m, Bark: purplish brown with transverse stripes, Petiole: brown transverse stripes; petiole: brown hairy; leaf shape: oblong-oval; leaf blade: 4-7 cm; leaf width: 3-4.5 cm; leaf margin: doubly serrate; inflorescence: alternate; flowering season: May-June; inflorescence shape: raceme; inflorescence length: 4-8 cm; flower diameter: 1-2 cm; flower color: white to pale red; number of petals: 5; flowering style: single-flowered; number of pistils: 35; fruit: 0.5-0.9 cm, spherical kernel; fruit color: red-purple (June) to dark purple (July-August); uses: bonsai, parks, containers; wood for carving material and furniture; leaves and fruit for green dye.