*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. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ --
