St Lucie Cherry
ഗന്ധപ്രിയാങ്കു
Prunus mahaleb L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 10.0 m
- wide
- 6.0 m
Rosaceae
Formerly Cerasus mahaleb, Mahaleb vulgaris, Padellus mahaleb, Padus mahaleb
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to C. Asia and N. Pakistan, MoroccoKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from RHS, one source
- Height
- 8.0 m to 12 mRead from RHS, one source
- Spread
- 4.0 m to 8.0 mRead from RHS, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from RHS, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -20 °C (USDA zone 6b)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (1)
- Malayalam
- ഗന്ധപ്രിയാങ്കു, പുണ്യാവ
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Prunus mahaleb (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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