Prunus ulmifolia

Not to be confused with Prunus triloba.

Prunus ulmifolia is species of Prunus native to Central Asia.^[1] It is often treated as a synonym of the East Asian species P. triloba . However, they are distinctly different in leaves, flowers and fruits.^[2] P. triloba have slightly trilobed leaves, campanulate calyx tubes, unpitted stones, and fruits splitting when ripe,^[3] whereas P. ulmifolia have leaves without lobes, cylindrical calyx tubes, stones finely pitted with irregularly branching furrows, and fruits not splitting.^[4]

Prunus ulmifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Prunus
Species:	P. ulmifolia
Binomial name
Prunus ulmifolia Franch.
Synonyms[1]
Aflatunia ulmifolia (Franch.) Vassilcz. Amygdalus ulmifolia (Franch.) Popov Louiseania ulmifolia (Franch.) Pachom. Prunus baldshuanica Regel