Taiwan Cherry

← Back to the app

Prunus campanulata

Taiwan Cherry, a reference photo
Photo: CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Prunus campanulata is a species of cherry native to Japan, Taiwan, southern and eastern China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Hunan, Fujian, and Zhejiang), and Vietnam. It is a large shrub or small tree, growing 3–8 m (10–26 ft) tall. It is widely grown as an ornamental tree, and a symbol of Nago in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. It is variously known in English as the Taiwan cherry, Formosan cherry, or bellflower cherry. It was described in 1883 by Carl Johann Maximowicz.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Taiwan Cherry being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Prunus
Species
Prunus campanulata

Found one? Take a photo and B.inomen will suggest what it is, free.

Check your photo

More species