Prunus cornuta (Wall. ex Royle) Steud., Nomenclator botanicus 1840 403 1841. (syn: Cerasus cornuta Wall.; Padus cornuta (Wall. ex Royle) Carr.; Padus cornuta var. glabra Fritsch ex Schneid.; Prunus cornuta Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Prunus glauciphylla S.C. Ghora & G. Panigrahi; Prunus pachyclada Zabel; Prunus racemosa Lam.; Prunus wattii S.C. Ghora & G. Panigrahi); Tibet (Cona Xian, Yadong Xian), Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan), Bhutan, N-India,
Nepal, Sikkim, Pakistan (Kurram, Chitral), Pakistani Kashmir, Jammu &
Kashmir as per Catalogue of Life; Deciduous tree distinct from species of Prunus (where formerly placed) in flowers being in racemes; leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong to elliptic-laneolate, up to 10 cm long with serrate margin, on 1-2 cm long petiole; flowers white in 7-15 cm long racemes, latter on short lateral branches bearing one to three leaves; pedicel 5-7 mm long; petals white, obovate, margin erose at tip; ovary glabrous often becoming curved when infected (hence the name cornuta); fruit an ovoid-globose drupe, 7-9 mm long, blackish-brown when ripe. New leaves are poisonous to cattle and cause death due to the presence of HCN. fruits are edible and the bear relishes it by climbing the tree and squeezing the branches off ripe fruits and eating the fruits. In the process many small branches get broken. Padus cornuta (Wall. ex Royle) Carrière from Kashmir: Padus cornuta (Wall. ex Royle) Carrière, Rev. Hort. 1869: 275, f. 64 275 1869. Syn: Prunus cornuta (Wall. ex Royle) Steud.; Cerasus cornuta Wall. ex Royle Common name: Himalayan bird cherry Deciduous tree distinct from species of Prunus (where formerly placed) in flowers being in racemes; leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong to elliptic-laneolate, up to 10 cm long with serrate margin, on 1-2 cm long petiole; flowers white in 7-15 cm long racemes, latter on short lateral branches bearing one to three leaves; pedicel 5-7 mm long; petals white, obovate, margin erose at tip; ovary glabrous often becoming curved when infected (hence the name cornuta); fruit an ovoid-globose drupe, 7-9 mm long, blackish-brown when ripe. Photographed from Gulmarg Kashmir. Tree from Uttarakhand : ID Requested. : 10 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Please help for id this. -Medium sized tree. -In association with Quercus and Rhododendron sp. Altitude (approximate) at which plant is photographed always help in correct identification for plants collected in the Himalaya; so mention it where ever known. The tree here looks like Prunus cornuta (Rosaceae). If you can, go through the information at following link to understand what type of photographs will be identified more easily (for future). https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/photographs Yes Prunus cornuta, Himalayan bird cherry tree Present tree was collected ca. 2100 m asl as uncommon to Oak-mixed forest. Yes it is common at this altitude I will check it for P. cornuta. 2 images. Attachments (5) Sir, i am thankful to both of you. I was not questioning your ID, rather i wanted to clear my doubt. Now I am taking it as Prunus cornuta (Wallich ex Royle) Steudel (Rosaceae).
Family: Rosaceae Date: May 2015 Place: Churdhar Sanctuary, Himachal Pradesh Habit: Tree Altitude: 2800 metres above sea level
Sharing shots of flowers from the same area... Attachments (2) Yes it is Prunus cornuta to me too. Undoubtedly, it is Prunus cornuta- Wild Bird Cherry, Called asJaman, Jamni in erstwhile Mahasu Region. New leaves are poisonous to cattle and cause death due to the presence of HCN. fruits are edible and the bear relishes it by climbing the tree and squeezing the branches off ripe fruits and eating the fruits. In the process many small branches get broken.
Prunus cornuta (Wall. ex Royle) Steud. (fr. Churdhar) : VG-JUL-14 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) Sharing some images of Prunus cornuta from the higher reaches of Churdhar. The flower clusters are described as being "drooping" in Polunin-Stainton's 'Flowers of the Himalaya' but that was far from the case in the trees here. Photographed on 26 May 2015. Yes ... Very good photographs Rosaceae Fortnight- Prunus cornuta from Himachal-GSG07/Sept 2015 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) The tree in the picture below is Prunus cornuta, the 'Birdcherry', known locally as 'Jamun'. Rosaceae Fortnight: Prunus cornuta from Kashmir-GSSEP61/61 : 1 post by 1 author. Padus cornuta (Wall. ex Royle) Carrière, Rev. Hort. 1869: 275, f. 64 275 1869. Syn: Prunus cornuta (Wall. ex Royle) Steud.; Cerasus cornuta Wall. ex Royle Common name: Himalayan bird cherry Deciduous tree distinct from species of Prunus (where formerly placed) in flowers being in racemes; leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong to elliptic-laneolate, up to 10 cm long with serrate margin, on 1-2 cm long petiole; flowers white in 7-15 cm long racemes, latter on short lateral branches bearing one to three leaves; pedicel 5-7 mm long; petals white, obovate, margin erose at tip; ovary glabrous often becoming curved when infected (hence the name cornuta); fruit an ovoid-globose drupe, 7-9 mm long, blackish-brown when ripe. Photographed from Gulmarg Kashmir. Rosaceae Fortnight: Prunus cornuta from Chopta in Uttarakhand-GSSEP62/62 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3) Prunus cornuta Photographed from near Chopta in Uttarakhand Rosaceae Fortnight: Prunus cornuta _Kashmir : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Prunus cornuta (synonym: Padus cornuta) from Kashmir
Tree for ID, Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh, NAW-JUL17-05 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Kindly identify this medium sized tree with spherical green fruits, photographed by the roadside in Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh in May 2017. Fruits about 12 mm in diameter. I couldnt clearly identify the nature of whitish twisted pod-like things seen in the second photograph centre-top. Are they flowers or buds? Other instances were seemingly more deformed but photographs have not come clear. The attachment here resembles to Prunus cornuta - Wild Bird Cherry, commonly known as Jamni, Jaman in Hills. Bears (Bhalu) relishges thr fruits. We, human being also enjoy it for its special taste & aroma with staining of our mouth with bluish violet stain. Thank you ... Would the pod-like things in the second picture be infected fruits as mentioned on http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Himalayan%20Bird%20Cherry.html ? Nice observation if it is correct. Yes. this is certainly an insect gall. The leaves of this tree are infested with galls as they go on maturing till dehiscence.
Prunus cornuta (Syn. Prunus padus) Churdhar, District Sirmaur (H.P.)
Salicaceae (including Flacourtiaceae) Fortnight:: Casearia sp. 2 for id from Chakrata-NS Feb 08: Attachments (3). 3 posts by 2 authors. This one was again shot from Chakrata region, I am not sure if this same or different species of Casearia.... please provide id clues.. This does not appear to be Casearia as flowers are not in the axillary. It should be Padus cornuta (=Prunus cornuta) Thank you very much … for this convincing identification.. References: |
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