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The Wild Flowers of Mountain Temperate Forest Region

Prunus mira Deciduous little tree. 4 to 10m high. Lanceolate or ovate lanceolate leaf. 1 to 2 flowers, 2 to 2.5 cm, pink to white. Rotund fruit, 3¡«4 cm; ovate elliptic core, compressed, smooth. Flowering: Mar to Apr. Fruiting: July to Aug. Heliophiles, tolerant to drought. Sinoendemic. South to east Tibet. 2600 to 4000m. Theropencedrymion. Southwest China.