WorldFloraDB - Prunus tenella

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 1.5 m tall and spreads 1.5 m wide. It loses its leaves during the year. The flowers are pink-red. The fruit are yellow.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

endozoochory

Mature width (meter)

1.5

Mature height (meter)

0.8 - 1.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

0.4

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Dry grassland. Grasslands, valleys, hollows and dry slopes; at elevations up to 1,200 metres. Shrub steppes, growing in a range of soil types but particularly loess soil.

More

Temperate. It suits hardiness zones 2-9. In Melbourne Botanical garden.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	dye environmental use food gene source material medicinal oil ornamental
Edible	fruits nuts seeds
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	120 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°)	18 - 23
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-29
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-