Prunus gentryi

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Prunus gentryi
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species:
P. gentryi
Binomial name
Prunus gentryi

Prunus gentryi is a species of wild cherry in the genus Prunus , family Rosaceae, native to the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora. It grows along streambanks in mountainous regions of the Sierra Madre Occidental. [2] [3] The scientific description was published in 1937. [4] [5] [6]

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Description

Prunus gentryi is a tree up to 12 metres (39 feet) tall. The leaves are thick and leathery, dark green above and lighter below. The fruits are juicy and edible, generally purple although a yellow-fruited form, Prunus gentryi forma flavipulpa, is known from the State of Chihuahua. [7] [8]

Uses

The Mountain Pima (= Pima Bajo) of the region near Yepachic, Chihuahua, call the tree and its fruits "aguasiqui." The fruits are a prized food, ripening in late summer. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Fuentes, A.C.D.; Martínez Salas, E.; Samain, M.-S. (2021). "Prunus gentryi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T126593175A126598016. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T126593175A126598016.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Gentry, H.S. 1942. Rio Mayo plants. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 537.
  3. ↑ Laferrière, Joseph E. 1994. Vegetation and flora of the Mountain Pima village of Nabogame, Chihuahua, Mexico. Phytologia 77:102-140.
  4. ↑ Paul C. Standley (1937). "Studies of American Plants - VII (description on pages 194–195)". Publication. Field Museum of Natural History. Botanical Series. 17 (2): 155–224.
  5. ↑ Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed 15 Dec 2013
  6. ↑ "Isotype of Prunus gentryi Standl. [family ROSACEAE]".
  7. ↑ Felger et al. 2001. Trees of Sonora, Mexico. Oxford University Press.
  8. ↑ Laferrière, Joseph E. 1989 A yellow-fruited form of Prunus gentryi (Rosaceae). Phytologia 65(6):482.
  9. ↑ Laferrière, Joseph E., Charles W. Weber and Edwin A. Kohlhepp. 1991. Use and nutritional composition of some traditional Mountain Pima plant foods. Journal of Ethnobiology 11(1):93-114.


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