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|accepted_name=Prunus tomentosa
|accepted_authority=Thunberg in J. A. Murray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. A. Murray, Syst. Veg. ed.
|place=14, 464. 1784
|year=1784
}}
|common_names=Nanking or Manchu cherry
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae;Prunus;Prunus tomentosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Prunus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Prunus tomentosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 356, 358, 373
|treatment_page=page 372
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> not suckering, 10–20 dm, not thorny. <b>Twigs</b> with terminal end buds, densely hairy. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous; petiole 2–7 mm, hairy, eglandular; blade obovate to oblong-elliptic, 3–6(–7.5) × 1.7–3.5(–4.7) cm, base obtuse to rounded, margins coarsely, singly to doubly serrate, teeth sharp, usually eglandular, sometimes glandular, glands dark, spheric, apex abruptly short-acuminate to acute, abaxial surface tomentose, adaxial rugose, hairy, sometimes sparsely so. <b>Inflorescences</b> usually solitary flowers, sometimes 2-flowered fascicles. <b>Pedicels</b> 0–5 mm, hairy. <b>Flowers</b> blooming before or at leaf emergence; hypanthium tubular, 3.5–6 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy (especially at bases) externally; sepals spreading, ovate, 2.5–3.5 mm, margins serrate, sometimes glandular, abaxial surface hairy, adaxial glabrous; petals white to pale pink (pink in bud), obovate or elliptic to suborbiculate, 9–13 mm; ovaries glabrous proximally, villous distally. <b>Drupes</b> red, globose, 8–15 mm, sparsely hairy; mesocarps fleshy; stones ellipsoid, not flattened. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Jun–Jul.
|habitat=Roadsides, fencerows, vacant lots, riparian woods
|elevation=50–500 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Sask.;Ill.;Iowa;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Nebr.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;S.Dak.;Utah;Asia.
|discussion=<p><i>Prunus tomentosa</i> is cultivated as a landscape plant in hedges and as a background shrub because of its spreading habit and pale pink to white petals. It produces edible fruits that are said to make excellent jelly and juice.</p>
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name=Prunus tomentosa
|authority=Thunberg in J. A. Murray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Jun–Jul.
|habitat=Roadsides, fencerows, vacant lots, riparian woods
|elevation=50–500 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Sask.;Ill.;Iowa;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Nebr.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;S.Dak.;Utah;Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. A. Murray, Syst. Veg. ed.
|publication year=1784
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V9/V9_613.xml
|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae
|genus=Prunus
|species=Prunus tomentosa
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