Prunus walkeri

Prunus walkeri
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species: P. walkeri
Binomial name
Prunus walkeri
(Wight) Kalkman

Prunus walkeri is a species of plant in the Rosaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Leaves

ovate to oblong-lanceolate, rounded apex, pubescent beneath; young leaves densely golden tomentose; 2 circular glands at leaf base.

Trunk

Bark - smooth, reddish, horizontal lenticels; W- hard, close-grained, heavy, yellowish white, almond-scented.

Flowers

creamy white, solitary or I- axillary racemes.

Fruits

pubescent, globose, drupe.

Ecology

rain forest subcanopy, secondary forest gaps and fringes wet zone.

Uses

Wood -construction, fuelwood.

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