Prunus avium
- Other common names wild cherry
gean
bird cherry
Cheshire merry tree
crab cherry
hagberry
mazzard
merry tree
Suffolk merries
sweet cherry - Family Rosaceae
- Genus Prunus can be deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs with showy flowers in spring, and often good autumn foliage colour. Some have edible fruit in autumn, and a few species have ornamental bark
- Details P. avium is a medium-sized deciduous tree with nodding clusters of pure white flowers 2.5cm wide in late spring, followed by small, shiny red-purple cherries; leaves turn orange and red in autumn
- Plant range Europe to Asia Minor, Caucasus, W Siberia
