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    Facts about Taiwan Cherry

    By SylviaMay 13, 2019Updated:May 13, 2019No Comments5 Mins Read
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    Taiwan Cherry Quick Facts
    Name: Taiwan Cherry
    Scientific Name: Prunus campanulata
    Origin Taiwan, China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Hunan, Fujian, and Zhejiang)and Vietnam
    Colors Initially green, turning red and finally black as they matures
    Shapes Small ovoid drupe, 15 mm long and 12 mm wide, glabrous, glossy scarlet, with a smooth stone
    Health benefits Beneficial to stimulate respiration, improve digestion, and promote a sense of well-being
    Prunus campanulata Taiwan Cherry also known as Formosan cherry, Bellflower cherry is a flowering cherry tree in the Rose family (Rosaceae). The tree is native to Taiwan, China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Hunan, Fujian, and Zhejiang) and Vietnam and has been presented as an ornamental to Australia, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the USA. In New Zealand, P. campanulata invades the under storey of relatively complete indigenous forests and is considered invasive in some areas, particularly on the North Island, where it has spread and dominates native vegetation. There, in the region of Northland, it is prohibited to sell, propagate, breed, distribute or otherwise spread P. campanulata and in the Waikato region, the Regional Council needs residents to destroy P. campanulata on personal property. Few of the popular common names of the plant are Formosan cherry, Taiwan cherry, Bellflower cherry, Bell-flowered cherry, Ryukyu cherry, Taiwan flowering cherry, bellflower cherry, Taiwanese cherry and Carmine Cherry.

    Plant Description

    Taiwan Cherry is a small, deciduous, flowering tree that grows about 3–8 m (10–26 ft.) tall. The plant is found growing in broadleaved forests, riparian zones, urban areas, hillsides, in scrub, urban fragments, regenerating secondary bush, and relatively undamaged forest via canopy gaps, edges and riparian margins. The plant thrives in a fertile, light, well-drained moisture-retentive loamy soil. It also prefers some lime in the soil but is likely to become chlorotic if too much lime is present. Bark is dark brown with prominent lenticels (pores in the bark that allow for gas exchange). Branchlets are brown to purplish brown and young branchlets are green and hairy.

    Leaves

    Leaves are typically cherry-like and are up to 4-7cm long and 2-3.5 cm wide that are serrated at the edges. They are a bright green color when they emerge in spring, changing to dark green in summer and finally turning bronze during autumn. Leaf petioles are 12-20 mm and hairy, and blades are obovate to broadly elliptical.

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    Flower

    The plant has characteristics deep red, bell-shaped flowers of up to 2.2 cm diameter that hang in clusters in late winter to early spring. Clusters consist of 1-5 flowers on very short shoots which elongate after anthesis. Flowers can appear on the branches before leaves emerge. Sepals are triangular, 3-6 mm, magenta to dark red, glabrous, shiny becoming spreading or reflexed. There are five petals, 5-12 mm in diameter, corolla appearing campanulate and eventually spreading, broadly elliptic-ovate, deep pink to rose-magenta. Flowers have 39-41 stamens, and the style is hairy and usually longer than the stamens. Filaments are flushed magenta to crimson. Flowering normally takes place from July, August and September.

    Fruits

    Fertile flowers are followed by small ovoid drupe that is 15mm long and 12mm wide, glabrous, glossy scarlet, with a smooth stone. The fruit is initially green, turning red and finally black as they mature. Seeds are up to 9mm long.

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    Few Facts about Taiwan Cherry

    • It is a popular ornamental tree that has been purposely planted in both private gardens and public areas.
    • It is a symbol of Nago in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.
    • The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
    • A green dye can be obtained from the leaves.
    • A dark grey to green dye can be obtained from the fruit.
    • This invasive plant species is totally banned in the Northland region of New Zealand where it is illegal to distribute, sell, propagate, distribute soil, gravel etc. that contain the seeds or other parts of the plant.

    Prevention and Control

    Prevention

    In Northland, North Island, New Zealand, it is banned to sell, propagate, breed, distribute or otherwise spread P. campanulata and the species is classified as a community pest. In the Auckland region, North Island, it is considered a species requiring further research to determine its effects on biodiversity, and is listed by the Waitakere City Council as an environmental weed posing a risk to conservation, for which eradication is recommended. In Waikato, North Island, it is included in the Regional Pest Management Strategy and classified as a ‘containment pest plant’. The Waikato Regional Council needs residents to eradicate P. campanulata on personal property.

    In the regions of Bay of Plenty (North Island), Marlborough (South Island) and West Coast (South Island), P. campanulata is also considered a garden escapee and planting of alternative native species is recommended.

    Control

    In Northland, New Zealand, it is a sustained control plant, i.e. a widespread pest in suitable habitat that causes adverse effects to the environment. As a result, landowners are responsible for management of the plant and need to act to reduce its impact and spread.

    Physical/mechanical control

    Prunus campanulata trees should be removed by felling, and seedlings can be dug out. In Northland, New Zealand, it is recommended to pull out seedlings and small plants of P. campanulata and then to apply mulch, and to cut and stump treat more established plants all year round.

    Chemical control

    Once chopped, stumps of P. campanulata should be treated with herbicide. Follow up treatments should be used to check for subsequent sprouting or seedlings. In Northland, New Zealand, it is recommended to cut P. campanulata trees and to stump treat them with metasulfuron-methyl or picloram all year round, followed by mulching the cut branches and leaves. Another recommended year-round method of chemical control is to cut, drill or ringbark, then inject the trunk at a downward angle with metasulfuron-methyl or picloram. Summer spraying with metasulfuron-methyl or picloram is also recommended for the control of P. campanulata.

    Ecosystem Restoration

    After physical and chemical control of P. campanulata, sites should be observed for potential growth and seed bank for two years. It is also recommended that a dense cover of native trees or shrubs is planted to produce shade.

    References:

    https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/64259/

    https://www.cabi.org/ISC/datasheet/44268

    http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/species.php?sc=1666

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_campanulata

    http://issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=1666&fr=1&sts=&lang=EN

    http://floraofalabama.org/Plant.aspx?id=5310#classification

    http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/rjp-13282

    http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:729533-1

    https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/PRNCM

    https://selectree.calpoly.edu/tree-detail/prunus-campanulata

    http://oki-park.jp/sp/kaiyohaku/en/inst/87/126

    https://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/treesandpowerlines/prunus_campanulata.shtml

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    Taiwan  Cherry Facts

    Name Taiwan Cherry
    Scientific Name Prunus campanulata
    Native Taiwan, China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Hunan, Fujian, and Zhejiang)and Vietnam that has been introduced as an ornamental to Australia, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the USA
    Common Names Formosan cherry, Taiwan cherry, Bellflower cherry, Bell-flowered cherry, Ryukyu cherry, Taiwan flowering cherry, bellflower cherry, Taiwanese cherry, Carmine Cherry
    Name in Other Languages Arabic: Khukh jarisiun (خوخ جريسي)
    Chinese: Zhong hua ying tao (鐘花櫻桃), Shān yīnghuā (山櫻花),  Shān yīngtáo (山櫻桃),  Fēi yīng (緋櫻)
    English: Formosan cherry, Taiwan cherry, Bellflower cherry, Bell-flowered cherry, Ryukyu cherry, Taiwan flowering cherry, bellflower cherry, Taiwanese cherry, Carmine Cherry
    French: Cerisier de Formose
    German: Glocken-Kirsche, Taiwan-Kirsche, Taiwan-Kirschbaum
    Hebrew: שזיף פעמוני
    Japanese: Kan hi zakura (カンヒザクラ), Hikanzakura
    New Zealand: Tui tree
    Okinawan: Sakura
    Omoro: Sakura
    Persian: کانهی-زاکورا
    Russian: Vishnya kolokol’chataya (Вишня колокольчатая)
    Taiwan: Taiwan-Kirsche
    Vietnamese: Anh đào Đài Loan
    Plant Growth Habit Small, deciduous, flowering tree
    Growing Climates Broadleaved forests, riparian zones, urban areas, hillsides, in scrub, urban fragments, regenerating secondary bush, relatively undamaged forest via canopy gaps, edges and riparian margins
    Soil Thrives in a fertile, light, well-drained moisture-retentive loamy soil. Prefers some lime in the soil but is likely to become chlorotic if too much lime is present
    Plant Size About 3–8 m (10–26 ft.) tall
    Bark Dark brown with prominent lenticels (pores in the bark that allow for gas exchange)
    Branchlets Brown to purplish brown and young branchlets are green and hairy
    Leaf Serrated, typically cherry-like and are up to 4-7cm long and 2-3.5 cm wide that are serrated at the edges. These are a bright green color when they emerge in spring, changing to dark green in summerand finally turning bronze during autumn
    Flowering season July, August, September
    Flower flowers (2.5 cm across) are a deep pink to rose-magenta-white colour (about 2.5 cm across), pendant and are borne singly or in small clusters in late winter to early spring
    Fruit Shape & Size Small ovoid drupe, 15mm long and 12mm wide, glabrous, glossy scarlet, with a smooth stone
    Fruit Color Small ovoid drupe, 15mm long and 12mm wide, glabrous, glossy scarlet, with a smooth stone
    Seed Seeds are up to 9mm long
    Propagation By Seeds, tip cuttings in spring and early summer
    Lifespan 15-20 years
    Season October to December
    Traditional Medicinal Use
    • When used in small quantities in both traditional and conventional medicine, this extremely poisonous compound has been shown to stimulate respiration, improve digestion, and promote a sense of well-being.
    Precautions
    • In larger concentrations, however, cyanide can cause gasping, weakness, excitement, pupil dilation, spasms, convulsions, coma and respiratory failure leading to death.
    Culinary uses
    • A cherry is edible if the astringency is removed.
    • Seed can be consumed raw or cooked. (Do not eat the seed if it is too bitter)

    Taiwan Cherry Scientific Classification

    Scientific Name: Prunus campanulata

    Rank Scientific Name & (Common Name)
    Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
    Subkingdom Tracheobionta (Vascular plants)
    Infrakingdom Streptophyta  (land plants)
    Division Magnoliophyta
    Class Magnoliopsida
    Order Rosales
    Family Rosaceae
    Genus Prunus
    Sub Genus Cerasus
    Species Prunus campanulata Maximowicz (Taiwan Cherry)
    Synonyms
    • Cerasus campanulata (Maxim.) A.Vassiliev
    • Cerasus campanulata (Maxim.) T.T.Yu & C.L.Li
    • Cerasus campanulata var. wuyiensis X.R.Wang, X.G.Yi & C.P.Xie
    • Cerasus cerasoides var. campanulata (Maxim.) X.R.Wang & C.B.Shang
    • Prunus cerasoides Koidz.
    • Prunus cerasoides var. campanulata (Maxim.) Koidz.
    • Prunus puddum Miq.
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