#900 most planted
Prunus mahaleb
St Lucie cherry · also Mahaleb cherry, Gandhi cherry
300
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
7
cities
5.4 in
median trunk (14 cm, 229 measured)
31 yr
median age (35% have a planting date)
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Prunus mahaleb, also known as St Lucie cherry or mahaleb cherry, is a cherry species native to central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, southwest Asia, and parts of central Asia. It is cultivated for a spice obtained from the seeds, which have a fragrant scent and a taste similar to bitter almonds with cherry notes.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1920.08%—2.5 in
- 790.02%32 yr12 in
- 140.01%42 yr16 in
- 70.01%6.8 yr1.8 in
- 60.01%23 yr27 in
- 10.00%—2.0 in
- 10.01%——
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Balkan mixed forests
- Caucasus mixed forests
- Western European broadleaf forests
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Elburz Range forest steppe
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands
- Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests
Other Prunus in the catalogue
60 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
