Summary ⁶

Prunus angustifolia pronounced (PROO-nus an-gus-tih-FOLE-ee-uh), known commonly as Chickasaw plum, Cherokee plum, Florida sand plum, sandhill plum, or sand plum, is a North American species of plum-bearing tree. It was originally cultivated by Native Americans before the arrival of Europeans While Prunus is the classical name for European plums, angustifolia refers to its narrow leaves.

Description ⁷

Prunus angustifolia or Chickasaw plum is a shrub or small tree that can reach heights 4-6 m and widths ranging between 5-6 m (Gilman & Watson, 2012). It has flowers and fruits that are borne in umbels meaning that its 1 cm long pedicels grow out form the same point. Its flowers are also sub-sessile meaning that the pedicels are attached near the base. Its leaves are more than 4 cm long, nearly straight, and it has glands at their tips that fall off at the end of its season (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011: 579).

References

Gilman, F.G.; Watson, G.D. 2012. Prunus angustifolia: Chickasaw Plum, available at: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/st504; accessed on: Oct 17, 2012

Wunderlin R.P. & Hansen B.F. 2011. Prunus, 579. In: Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida, Gainesville: University Press of Florida.

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