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Tree, deciduous, hermaphrodite, up to 15(30) m in height, with ovoid or pyramidal shape. Trunk well defined, straight, slightly tortuous, with greyish-silver bark, almost smooth; in older specimens, the trunk can be blackish (at least at the base), with deep longitudinal cracks. Branches greyish, bark smooth with superficial transverse cracks, peeling into thin laminas. Young branchlets glabrous, greenish or reddish-brown. Leaves (6-15 \u00d7 3-8 cm), alternate, obovate-lanceolate or obovate-oblong, acute, acuminate, slightly attenuated or rounded at the base, crenate-serrate margin, glabrous and intense green on the upper side and glabrescent and slightly lighter and duller on the underside. Petiole long, 1.5-5 cm, glabrous or with some hairs, with 2 small reddish glands near the union with the leaf. Inflorescence umbelliform, sessile, composed of 2-6 flowers, each 2-3 cm in diameter, with long peduncle 1.5-5 (6) cm, glabrous. Calyx with 5 greenish sepals, oval-oblong, curved backwards, glabrous. Corolla with 5 petals 6-12 mm, white or white-pinkish, oval-orbicular, \u00b1 emarginate, glabrous. Stamens numerous (about 30), with white-pinkish filaments and yellow anthers. Fruit a subglobose drupe (9-18 cm in diameter), red-blackish, smooth, shiny and glabrous. Seed 1, ovoid and almost smooth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-12840","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPrunus avium (L.) L. - North Africa Trees<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prunus avium (L.) L. - North Africa Trees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tree, deciduous, hermaphrodite, up to 15(30) m in height, with ovoid or pyramidal shape. 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