Prunus wallichii
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Description
Shrubs or trees rarely larger than 12 m, bark smooth or warty, brown.
Leaves elliptic to oblong or ovatish, 7-15 by 2-6 cm, base mostly acute, margin entire, sometimes in upper half serr(ul)ate, apex acuminate, often thin-herbaceous, with 6-9 pairs of nerves, often distinctly looped and joined, venation hardly visible, both sides glabrous, basal glands 2 or more, on the blade-surface, additional glands usually many, in two rows ± parallel with the midrib.
Stipules narrowly triangular, 4-6 by 0.7-1 mm, free, glabrous.
Sepals triangular, 0.5-0.8 mm long, glabrous outside.
Petals elliptic, 2-4 mm long, white.
Stamens 10-20(-30), filaments up to 3 mm, anthers 0.6-0.8 mm long.
Ovary densely to sparsely hairy but usually glabrous on the suture, sometimes reduced, style up to 4 mm.
Fruits ovoid to ellipsoid, base rounded, apex ± acute, 10-18 (-20) by 6-11 mm when dry, probably up to 22 by 15 mm in living state, glabrous, purplish black, mesocarp thick and fleshy when ripe, endocarp thin, glabrous inside.
Seed with glabrous testa.
Distribution
Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical: Laos (Laos present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present); Vietnam (Vietnam present), Burma present, NE India present, North Prov present, Pahang present, West Prov present, continental Asia present
Continental Asia (NE India, Pakistan, China, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam); Malesia: Sumatra (West Prov. and North Prov.), Peninsular Malaysia (only seen from Pahang).