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Prunus mahaleb (Mahaleb Cherry) |
Prunus mahaleb (ROSACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Prunus mahaleb L.
Published in L., Sp. Pl. 474 (1753) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Rosaceae
L. (The Rose Family)
34 species from the Rosaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Mahaleb Cherry, Mahleb Cherry, St. Lucia Cherry | Maltese name(s) : | Maltese name not known | Status for Malta : | Species that was introduced in Malta after year 1492 and spreads to form established, non-invasive populations. It may become become invasive if it widespreads rapidly. | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare
Very Rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: Macro-Phanerophyte (high trees usually over 10m )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Mar-Apr | Colour of Flowers: | White |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Dry hill sides, thickets and open woods. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Shrub, or rarely small tree, up to 10 m; young twigs glandular-puberulent. Leaves 4-7 cm, broadly ovate, cuspidate, rounded to subcordate at the base, crenate-serrate with conspicuous marginal glands, glabrous, or slightly pubescent beneath. Flowers fragrant, in short, corymbose racemes of 3-10, which terminate short, lateral, leafy shoots; pedicels c. 10 mm; hypanthium campanulate. Petals 5-8 mm, white. Fruit 8-10 mm, ovoid,black; mesocarp thin, bitter; endocarp smooth. |
Distributional range: |
C. & S. Europe, extending to Ukraine and S. Belgium. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, Austria and Liechtenstein, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czeck Republic and Slovakia, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Germany, Greece, Switzerland, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Hungary, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Romania, Russia and former USSR, Sicily and/or Malta, Introduced in Norway, Sweden |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
Ab AE(G) Al Ar Au(A) Be(B L) BH Bu Cg dCo Cs Ct Ga Ge Gg Gr He Hs(A S) Hu It Le Lu Ma Mk Mo Rm Si(S) Sk Sl Sr Sy Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [Co Cs Da Ho Lt No cPo Si(M) cSk Su] |
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