Red Cherry
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Rosaceae Subfamily: Prunoideae Genus: Prunus Subgenus: Cerasus
Species
Several, including: Prunus apetala Prunus avium (Wild/Sweet Cherry) Prunus campanulata Prunus canescens Prunus cerasifera Prunus cerasus (Sour Cherry) Prunus concinna Prunus conradinae Prunus dielsiana Prunus emarginata (Bitter Cherry) Prunus fruticosa Prunus ilicifolia Prunus incisa Prunus litigiosa Prunus mahaleb (Saint Lucie Cherry) Prunus maximowiczii Prunus nipponica Prunus pensylvanica (Pin Cherry) Prunus pilosiuscula Prunus rufa Prunus sargentii Prunus serrula Prunus serrulata (Japanese Cherry) Prunus speciosa Prunus subhirtella Prunus tomentosa (Nanking Cherry) Prunus x yedoensis (Yoshino Cherry) Cherry could refer to: // cherry, a reference both to a tree and its fruit. ... Cherry Tree may refer to: a tree that produces cherries Places Cherry Tree, Oklahoma, a census-designated place (CDP) in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States Cherry Tree, Pennsylvania, a borough in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States Cherrytree Township, Pennsylvania, a township in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States Cherry Tree Hill... Scientific classification redirects here. ... For other uses, see Plant (disambiguation). ... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class of flowering plants. ... Families Barbeyaceae Cannabaceae (hemp family) Dirachmaceae Elaeagnaceae Moraceae (mulberry family) Rosaceae (rose family) Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family) Ulmaceae (elm family) Urticaceae (nettle family) For the Philippine municipality, see Rosales, Pangasinan. ... Global distribution of Rosaceae Subfamilies Rosoideae Spiraeoideae Maloideae Amygdaloideae or Prunoideae The Rosaceae or rose family is a large family of plants, with about 3,000-4,000 species in 100-120 genera. ... Genera Prunus Prinsepia Prunoideae, also called Amygdaloideae, is the subfamily containing the genera Prunus and Prinsepia. ... Species Old World: Prunus africana Prunus apetala Prunus armeniaca Prunus avium Prunus buergeriana Prunus campanulata Prunus canescens Prunus cerasifera Prunus cerasoides Prunus cerasus Prunus cocomilia Prunus cornuta Prunus crassifolia Prunus davidiana Prunus domestica Prunus dulcis Prunus fruticosa Prunus geniculata Prunus glandulosa Prunus gracilis Prunus grayana Prunus incana Prunus incisa Prunus... Binomial name L. The Wild Cherry (Prunus avium) is a species of Cherry, native to western Asia and brought to Europe by the Roman consul Lucius Licinius Lucullus (118-56 BC) (also known as the Sweet Cherry). ... Categories: Stub | Fruit ... Binomial name Prunus cerasus L. The Sour Cherry or Morello Cherry, (Prunus cerasus) is a species of Prunus in the subgenus Cerasus (cherries), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia. ... Binomial name Prunus emarginata L. The Bitter Cherry (Prunus emarginata) is a shrub or small tree that can grow to about nine feet tall. ... Binomial name Pall. ... Binomial name Prunus ilicifolia Nutt. ... Binomial name The Fuji cherry (Prunus incisa) gets its Latin name from the deep incisions on the leaves. ... Binomial name L. The pin cherry or fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) is a species in the genus Prunus. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Sakura. ... Binomial name (Koidz. ... Binomial name Thunb. ... The Wild Cherry (Prunus avium), also known as The Japanese Flowering cherry, or Somei-yoshino in Japan, is a hybrid of unknown origin that was first introduced in Tokyo in 1872 and is now one of the most popular and widely planted cultivated flowering cherries. ...

The word cherry refers to a fleshy fruit (drupe) that contains a single stony seed. The cherry belongs to the family Rosaceae, genus Prunus, along with almonds, peaches, plums, apricots and bird cherries. The subgenus, Cerasus, is distinguished by having the flowers in small corymbs of several together (not singly, nor in racemes), and by having a smooth fruit with only a weak groove or none along one side. The subgenus is native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with two species in America, three in Europe, and the remainder in Asia. The word "cherry" comes from the French word "cerise", which comes in turn from the Latin words cerasum and Cerasus. Lactose is a disaccharide found in milk. ... Dietary fibers are the indigestible portion of plant foods that move food through the digestive system, absorbing water and making defecation easier. ... For other uses, see FAT. Fats consist of a wide group of compounds that are generally soluble in organic solvents and largely insoluble in water. ... A representation of the 3D structure of myoglobin showing coloured alpha helices. ... This article is about the nutrient. ... General Name, symbol, number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, period, block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Standard atomic weight 55. ... Reference Daily Intake (RDI) is the daily dietary intake level of a nutrient considered sufficient to meet the requirements of nearly all (97–98%) healthy individuals in each life-stage and gender group. ... For other uses, see Fruit (disambiguation). ... The peach is a typical drupe (stone fruit) In botany, a drupe is a type of fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp or skin and mesocarp or flesh) surrounds a shell (the pit or stone) of hardened endocarp with a seed inside. ... Global distribution of Rosaceae Subfamilies Rosoideae Spiraeoideae Maloideae Amygdaloideae or Prunoideae The Rosaceae or rose family is a large family of plants, with about 3,000-4,000 species in 100-120 genera. ... Species Old World: Prunus africana Prunus apetala Prunus armeniaca Prunus avium Prunus buergeriana Prunus campanulata Prunus canescens Prunus cerasifera Prunus cerasoides Prunus cerasus Prunus cocomilia Prunus cornuta Prunus crassifolia Prunus davidiana Prunus domestica Prunus dulcis Prunus fruticosa Prunus geniculata Prunus glandulosa Prunus gracilis Prunus grayana Prunus incana Prunus incisa Prunus... For other uses, see Almond (disambiguation). ... Binomial name (L.) Batsch Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... Species See text. ... Binomial name Prunus armeniaca L. For other uses, see Apricot (disambiguation). ... Species See text. ... For other uses, see Flower (disambiguation). ... White-fruited Rowan (Sorbus glabrescens) corymb; note the branched structure A panicle is a compound raceme; a branched, indeterminate inflorescence with pedicellate flowers (and fruit) attached along the secondary branches (in another words, a branched cluster of flowers in which the branches are racemes). ... This inflorescence of the terrestrial orchid Spathoglottis plicata is a typical raceme. ... Northern hemisphere highlighted in yellow. ... World map showing the Americas CIA political map of the Americas in an equal-area projection The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Latins and Latin (disambiguation). ...

Background

The cherry is generally understood to have been brought to Rome from Persia. Giresun was known to the ancient Greeks as Choerades or Pharnacia and later as Kerasous or Cerasus, < Kerason < Kerasounta < Kerasus "horn" (for peninsula) in Greek + ounta "Greek toponomical suffix".[1] The name later mutated into Kerasunt (sometimes written Kérasounde or Kerassunde). For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... For other uses of this term see: Persia (disambiguation) The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). ...

The English word cherry, French cerise, Spanish cereza, and Southern Italian dialect cerasa (standard Italian ciliegia) all come from Classical Greek κέρασος 'cherry', which has been identified with Cerasus. The cherry was first exported to Europe from Cerasus in Roman times. ^[1]

The Wild Cherry (P. avium) has given rise to the Sweet Cherry to which most cherry cultivars belong, and the Sour Cherry (P. cerasus) is used mainly for cooking. Both species originate in Europe and western Asia; they do not cross-pollinate each other. The other species, although having edible fruit, are not grown extensively for consumption, except in northern regions where the two main species will not grow. Given the high costs of production, from irrigation, sprays and labour costs, in addition to their proneness to damage from rain and hail, the cherry is relatively expensive. Nonetheless, there is high demand for the fruit. Binomial name L. The Wild Cherry (Prunus avium) is a species of Cherry, native to western Asia and brought to Europe by the Roman consul Lucius Licinius Lucullus (118-56 BC) (also known as the Sweet Cherry). ... This Osteospermum Pink Whirls is a successful cultivar. ... Binomial name Prunus cerasus L. The Sour Cherry or Morello Cherry, (Prunus cerasus) is a species of Prunus in the subgenus Cerasus (cherries), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ...

Major commercial cherry orchards in Europe extend from the Iberian peninsula east to Asia Minor; they are also grown to a smaller extent north of the British Isles, Baltic States and southern Scandinavia. In the United States, most sweet cherries for fresh use are grown in California and Washington. Important sweet cherry cultivars include 'Bing', 'Brooks', 'Tulare', 'King', and 'Rainier'. Oregon and Michigan provide light-coloured 'Royal Ann' ('Napoleon'; alternately 'Queen Anne') cherries for the maraschino cherry process. Most sour (also called tart) cherries are grown in four states bordering the Great Lakes, in Michigan (the largest producers of cherries among the states), New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, however, native and non-native cherries grow well in Canada (Ontario and British Columbia) as well. Sour cherries include Nanking and Evans Cherry. Traverse City, Michigan claims to be the "Cherry Capital of the World", hosting a National Cherry Festival and making the world's largest cherry pie. The specific region of Northern Michigan that is known the world over for tart cherry production is referred to as the "Traverse Bay" region. Farms in this region grown many varieties of cherries and companies like Traverse Bay Farms sell the fruit of the region. Likewise in Australia the New South Wales town of Young is famous nationwide as the "Cherry Capital of Australia", and also hosts the internationally famous National Cherry Festival. Popular varieties include the 'Montmorency', 'Morello', 'North Star', 'Early Richmond', 'Titans' and 'Lamberts'. The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar. ... Anatolia (Greek: ανατολη anatole, rising of the sun or East; compare Orient and Levant, by popular etymology Turkish Anadolu to ana mother and dolu filled), also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor, is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to the Asian portion of Turkey. ... This article explains the archipelago in north-western Europe. ... The three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. ... For other uses, see Scandinavia (disambiguation). ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... For the capital city of the United States, see Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). ... Branch of a Bing cherry tree Bing in what is now Milwaukie, Oregon. ... Branch of a Rainier cherry tree Rainier is a cultivar of cherry. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... A close up of a Maraschino cherry A maraschino cherry is a preserved, sweetened cherry, typically made from light-colored sweet cherries, such as the Royal Ann, Rainier, or Gold varieties. ... The Great Lakes from space The Great Lakes are a group of five large lakes on or near the United States-Canadian border. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... This article is about the state. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... This article is about the Canadian province. ... Motto: Splendor sine occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 36 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 5th Total 944... This article is about an immensly fat overweight man in Omaha Nebraska who teaches 7th grade Social studies at millard north middle school he is known as a bad person that does bad things with children his Name is David Evans he coaches track ( not very well) tries to act... Traverse City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... The National Cherry Festival is a festival in Traverse City, Michigan in Northern Michigan. ... NSW redirects here. ... Young is a town in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia and is the centre of Young Shire. ...

Cherries have a very long growing season and can grow anywhere, including the great cold of the tundra. In Australia they are usually at their peak around Christmas time, in southern Europe in June, in America in June, and in the UK in mid July, always in the summer season. In many parts of North America they are among the first tree fruits to ripen; hence the colloquial term "cherry" to mean "new" or "the first", e.g. "in cherry condition". For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation). ...

Annual world production (as of 2003) of domesticated cherries is about 45698 million tonnes, of which a third are sour cherries. Around 75 percent of world production originates in Europe. This article is about the metric tonne. ...

Besides the fruit, cherries also have attractive flowers, and they are commonly planted for their flower display in spring; several of the Asian cherries are particularly noted for their flower displays. The Japanese sakura in particular are a national symbol celebrated in the yearly Hanami festival. Many flowering cherry cultivars (known as 'ornamental cherries') have the stamens and pistils replaced by additional petals ("double" flowers), so are sterile and do not bear fruit. They are grown purely for their flowers and decorative value. The most common of these sterile cherries is the cultivar 'Kanzan'. Cherry trees provide food for the caterpillars of several Lepidoptera. See List of Lepidoptera which feed on Prunus. For other uses, see Flower (disambiguation). ... This article is about cherry blossoms and their cultural significance to the Japanese. ... Hanami parties along the Kamo River. ... Stamens of the Amaryllis with prominent anthers carrying pollen Insects, while collecting nectar, unintentionally transfer pollen from one flower to another, bringing about pollination The stamen (from Latin stamen meaning thread of the warp) is the male organ of a flower. ... Amaryllis style and stigmas A carpel is the female reproductive organ of a flower; the basic unit of the gynoecium. ... It has been suggested that Corolla be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about a form of an insect. ... Subdivisions See Taxonomy of Lepidoptera and Lepidopteran diversity. ... Prunus species are used as food plants by the larvae of a large number of Lepidoptera species including: Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) Autumnal Moth (Epirrita autumnata) The Brick (Agrochola circellaris) - recorded on Bird Cherry Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria...

Medical benefits

Cherries contain anthocyanins, the red pigment in berries. Cherry anthocyanins have been shown to reduce pain and inflammation in rats.^[2] Anthocyanins are also potent antioxidants under active research for a variety of potential health benefits.^[3] Plants with abnormally high anthocyanin quantities are popular as ornamental plants - here, a selected purple-leaf cultivar of European Beech Anthocyanins (from Greek: (anthos) = flower + (kyanos) = blue) are water-soluble vacuolar flavonoid pigments that appear red to blue, according to pH. They are synthesized exclusively by organisms of the plant...

See also

• Sour Cherry of Kleparow
• Acerola
• Fruit tree forms
• Fruit tree propagation
• Fruit tree
• Marasca cherry
• Pruning fruit trees
• Sakura

Sour Cherry of Kleparow - is a hybrid of cherry and sour cherry. ... Binomial name L. Acerola (Malpighia glabra), also known as Barbados cherry or wild crapemyrtle, is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae, native to the West Indies and northern South America and also cultivated in India. ... Fruit Tree Forms The shapes of most fruit trees can be manipulated by pruning and training in order to increase yield, or to improve their suitability for different situations and conditions. ... Fruit tree propagation is usually carried out through asexual reproduction by grafting or budding the desired variety onto a suitable rootstock. ... A plum tree Flowering almond tree A fruit tree is a tree bearing fruit — the structures formed by the ripened ovary of a flower containing one or more seeds. ... A type of cherry that has flourished in northern Italy, Croatia, and Slovenia, though the tree is thought to have originated from Central Asia long ago. ... Pruning is a technique that is employed by gardeners in order to control growth, remove dead or diseased wood or stimulate the formation of flowers and fruit buds. ... This article is about cherry blossoms and their cultural significance to the Japanese. ...

References

1. ^ A History of the Vegetable Kingdom - Page 334
2. ^ Tall JM, Seeram NP, Zhao C, Nair MG, Meyer RA, Raja SN (2004). "Tart cherry anthocyanins suppress inflammation-induced pain behavior in rat". Behav. Brain Res. 153 (1): 181–8. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2003.11.011. PMID 15219719. 
3. ^ Gross PM (2007). Scientists zero in on health benefits of berry pigments. Natural Products Information Center 2007 Jul 9. [1]

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Photo gallery

Stella, Prunus avium Washington, D.C. Tidal Basin showing cherry trees in flower Cherry tree blossoms Formation of the cherry fruit at beginning of May (France) Ripe Bing cherries Cherries (variety Lambert) - watercolor 1894 White Cherry Flowers A cherry is both a tree and its fleshy fruit, a type known as a drupe...	Ripe cherries, stacked and on display for sale on a market in Barcelona Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3456x2304, 2563 KB)Ripe cherries, stacked and on display for sale on a market in Barcelona, Spain. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (City of Counts) Postal code 08001–08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ...	Formation of the cherry fruit at beginning of May (France) Cherrie Tree (France) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...	White Cherry Flowers Download high resolution version (1024x768, 145 KB)Cherry Flowers Taken by User:Fir0002 File links The following pages link to this file: Cherry Categories: GFDL images ...
Cherry blossoms Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...	Washington, D.C. Tidal Basin showing cherry trees in flower Download high resolution version (640x981, 268 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...	Cherry tree flowers Cherry tree blossoms from Japan around the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. USDA photo by Scott Bauer. ...	White Cherry Tree Blossoms Cherry tree blossoms from Japan around the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. USDA photo by Scott Bauer. ...
Cherries (variety Lambert) - watercolor 1894 Cherries (variety Lambert). ...	Cherries with leaf Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1316 KB) Description: A closeup photograph of a mutated cherry which is split into two. ...	Yamagata cherries Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1366x1188, 220 KB) Summary Yamagata cherries, such as these, commonly sell for $30 or more per pound. ... Yamagata is the name of several places: Yamagata Prefecture Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan Yamagata City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan Yamagata, a village located in Higashichikuma District, Nagano, Japan. ...	Cherry tree flowers Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (966x1438, 446 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cherry Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create...
Pink Cherry Tree Blossoms Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (960 × 1280 pixel, file size: 469 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) RJaeger, amatuer photographer Rajaeger 14:21, 2 April 2007 (UTC) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...	Cherry opened. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (1944 × 1296 pixel, file size: 1. ...	Prunus avium ripening fruit Image File history File links Download high resolution version (935x1296, 189 KB) Prunus avium ripening fruit - photo MPF File links The following pages link to this file: Cherry ...	Cherries served in a bowl
A bowl of cherries

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