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Nanking Cherry
Plate 1 of 4. Michael Kesl, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · via iNaturalist

Nanking Cherry

Prunus tomentosa

The Nanking cherry (Prunus tomentosa) is a species of Prunus native to northern and western China (including Tibet), Korea, Mongolia, and possibly northern India (Jammu and Kashmir, though probably only cultivated there). Other common names for P. tomentosa include Korean cherry, Manchu cherry, downy cherry, Shanghai cherry, Ando cherry, mountain cherry, Chinese bush cherry, or Chinese dwarf cherry.

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