Prunus lyonii (Eastw.) Sarg.

Catalina Cherry

Evergreen tree to 15 m tall. Leaves leathery, mostly entire, ovate, acute, to 6 cm long. Flowers white, 8 mm wide, in narrow racemes 9-10 cm long. Fruit to 25 mm wide, blackish.

USA.

ACT: Griffith (Stuart St, entrance to infants school). VIC: Birregurra (Mooleric).

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Rosaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Rosanae
order      Rosales
family       Rosaceae
genus        Prunus L.