| Prunus lundelliana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Prunus |
| Species: | P. lundelliana |
| Binomial name | |
| Prunus lundelliana Standl. | |
Prunus lundelliana, Spanish: taquicui, and nail wamal in the Tzeltal language, is a species flowering plant in the family Rosaceae native to southern Mexico and to northern Central America. It is a tree reaching 10 m. A common understory species in montane cloud forests, it prefers to grow on the sides of streams. It resembles Prunus tetradenia, but with significantly smaller leaves, and in the position of certain of the leaf glands. The wood is dense and darkly colored. The white 4 to 6 mm flowers are borne on axillary racemes. The fruit, a drupe, is black, 8 to 10 mm, with very little flesh.
References
- ^ Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 22(2): 77. 1940.
- ^ Berlin, Brent; Breedlove, Dennis E.; Raven, Peter H. (28 January 1974). Principles of Tzeltal Plant Classification: An Introduction to the Botanical Ethnography of a Mayan-Speaking People of Highland Chiapas. Academic Press. p. 188. ISBN 9781483220987.
- "Prunus lundelliana Standl".
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