Prunus stellipila

Prunus stellipila (Chinese: 星毛稠李) is a species of Prunus native to central China, preferring to grow at 1000–1800 m. It is a tree typically 6–9 m tall, but reaching 20 m.[1]

Prunus stellipila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Rosales
Family:
Rosaceae
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
Padus
Species:
P. stellipila
Binomial name
Prunus stellipila
Synonyms
  • Padus stellipila (Koehne) T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku

Uses

People in rural Shaanxi province use its wood to make items of furniture, and particularly favor it for making chopping boards. They refer to it as 苦桃, "bitter peach".[2]

References
  1. https://garden.org/plants/view/478892/Prunus-stellipila/
  2. Kang, Jin; Kang, Yongxiang; Feng, Jing; Liu, Mengying; Ji, Xiaolian; Li, Dengwu; Stawarczyk, Kinga; Łuczaj, Łukasz (30 June 2017). "Plants as highly diverse sources of construction wood, handicrafts and fibre in the Heihe valley (Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China): The importance of minor forest products". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 13 (38): 38. doi:10.1186/s13002-017-0165-8. PMC 5493080. PMID 28666450.
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