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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Prunus mexicana   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus mexicana   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Prunus mexicana

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Prunus americana var. lanata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Prunus mexicana

 

COMMON NAME:
Big-tree Plum, Mexican Plum


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image of Prunus mexicana, Big-tree Plum, Mexican Plum

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_597

        

image of Prunus mexicana, Big-tree Plum, Mexican Plum

Ron Lance    rwl2184_a

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Fruits purple with a whitish bloom, somewhat larger than American Plum, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Prunus mexicana   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus mexicana   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Prunus mexicana

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Prunus americana var. lanata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Prunus mexicana

 

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2184

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Streamsides, upland forests, fencerows, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia Mountains

Rare

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with spinose spur shoots

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Usually white
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red/Rarely yellow
Drupe

 

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