| Common Name | |
| Scientific Name | Prunus avium |
| Type | plant |
| Sub-population Note |
| NCBI Tax ID | 42229 |
| GBIF ID | 3020791 |
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| Description | Prunus avium, commonly called wild cherry, sweet cherry or gean, is a species of cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is native to western Eurasia and naturalized elsewhere. It is an ancestor of P. cerasus (sour cherry). All parts of the plant except for the ripe fruit are slightly toxic, containing cyanogenic glycosides. The species is often cultivated as an ornamental tree. |
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| Reference | NCBI Taxonomy ID: 42229 |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=42229 |
Record ID: 72
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