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Prunus mahaleb
About
Prunus mahaleb, the mahaleb cherry or St Lucie cherry, is a species of cherry tree. The tree is cultivated for a spice obtained from the seeds inside the cherry stones. The seeds have a fragrant smell and have a taste comparable to bitter almonds with cherry notes.
- Family
- Rosaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Prunus mahaleb
- Slug
- prunus-mahaleb
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
- Species
- mahaleb
- Wikidata QID
- Q161920
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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