Prunus campanulata
Common name
bell-flowered cherry, Taiwan cherry
Family
Rosaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
NVS code
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PRUCAM
Conservation status
Not applicable
Habitat
Terrestrial.
Features
Deciduous small tree up to 8 m high. Leaves cherry-like, usually 60-130 by 20-60 mm, thin and on 12-20 mm petioles. Leaves rounded at base, broadly elliptic with sharp point at tip, small teeth along entire leaf margin. Deep red bell-shaped flowers in clusters of 2-3. Fruit up to 12 x 10 mm, glossy scarlet, glabrous.
Similar taxa
The bell shaped flowers distinguish this spp. from all other naturalised Prunus in NZ
Flowering
July, August, September
Flower colours
Red/Pink
Life cycle
Perennial.
Year naturalised
1988
Origin
East Asia
Reason for introduction
Ornamental