Prunus leveilleana

Prunus leveilleana
	The bark of P. leveilleana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Prunus
Species:	P. leveilleana
Binomial name
	Prunus leveilleana; Koehne
Synonyms[1]
	Cerasus leveilleana (Koehne) H. Ohba; Prunus jamasakura Siebold ex Koidz. var. verecunda Koidz.; Prunus sargentii Rehder var. verecunda (Koidz.) Chin S. Chang; Prunus serrulata Lindl. var. pubescens (Makino) Nakai; Prunus verecunda (Koidz.) Koehne;

Prunus leveilleana is a native of Korea and Japan.[1] It generally has autumnal leaves of reddish-brown or crimson red colour. It has flowers of bright yellow-white colors.[2]

Biochemistry

In this species various new flavonoid compounds have been found. The compounds are pinocembrin-5-glucoside (5,7-dihydroxyflavanone 5-glucoside), geinstein (5,7,4'-trihydroxysoflavone), prunetin (5,4' dihydroxy-7-methoxyflavanone) and pinocembrin (5,7-dihydroxyflavanone) were found on September 6, 1956.[3]

Habitat

This species is a native of middle Japan, where it is commonly distributed into the mountainous regions.

References

"Prunus leveilleana". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Wakita Yoichi; Sato Takao; Takiya Mika (2004). "Bloom characteristic of Kasumizakura (Prunus verecunda Koehne)". Bulletin of the Hokkaido Forest Experiment Station (in Japanese). Japan. 41: 26–32. ISSN 0910-3945.
Hasegawa, Masao; Shirato, Teruo (20 January 1957). "Flavonoids of Various Prunus Species. V. The Flavonoids in the Wood of Prunus verecunda". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 79 (2): 450–452. doi:10.1021/ja01559a059.

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[usda-1] "Prunus leveilleana". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

[yoichi-2] Wakita Yoichi; Sato Takao; Takiya Mika (2004). "Bloom characteristic of Kasumizakura (Prunus verecunda Koehne)". Bulletin of the Hokkaido Forest Experiment Station (in Japanese). Japan. 41: 26–32. ISSN 0910-3945.

[3] Hasegawa, Masao; Shirato, Teruo (20 January 1957). "Flavonoids of Various Prunus Species. V. The Flavonoids in the Wood of Prunus verecunda". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 79 (2): 450–452. doi:10.1021/ja01559a059.