Prunus cerasus, Sour Cherry,
حبّ الملوك, Habb al-muluk, דובדבן
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| | Scientific name: |
| Prunus cerasus L. |
| Common name: |
| Sour Cherry |
| Hebrew name: |
| דובדבן |
| Arabic name: |
| حبّ الملوك, Habb al-muluk |
| Family: |
| Rosaceae, ורדיים |
Date Picture Taken: May 17, 2008
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| | Life form: |
| Decidious tree |
| Leaves: |
| Entire, lanceolate, dentate or serrate |
| Flowers: |
| White to pink; five petals; five sepals; in corymbs, long-stalked, not on leafed shoots; hermaphrodite |
| Fruits / pods: |
| a drupe |
| Flowering Period: |
| March, April |
| Habitat: |
| Mediterranean maquis and forest |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon |
| Chorotype: |
| Mediterranean |
| Summer shedding: |
| Perenating |
Date Picture Taken: May 17, 2008
Derivation of the botanical name:
Prunus, Latin prūnus, Greek προῦνον prounon; plum tree.
cerasus, κερασοϛ a cherry.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
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