*Prunus cornuta* (Wall. ex Royle) Steud.; *Cerasus cornuta* Wall. ex Royle;
 *Padus cornuta* (Wall. ex Royle) Carrière,  Rev. Hort. 1869: 275, f. 64
275 1869.

Common name: Himalayan bird cherry

Deciduous tree distinct from other species of Prunus 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.



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