Prunus gentryi explained

Prunus gentryi is a species of wild cherry in the genus Prunus, family Rosaceae, native to the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora. It grows along streambanks in mountainous regions of the Sierra Madre Occidental.^{[1] [2]} The scientific description was published in 1937.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Description

Prunus gentryi is a tree up to 12m (39feet) tall. The leaves are thick and leathery, dark green above and lighter below. The fruits are juicy and edible, generally purple although a yellow-fruited form, Prunus gentryi forma flavipulpa, is known from the State of Chihuahua.^{[6] [7]}

Uses

The Mountain Pima (= Pima Bajo) of the region near Yepachic, Chihuahua, call the tree and its fruits "aguasiqui." The fruits are a prized food, ripening in late summer.^[8]

External links

• photo herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Chihuahua in 1936, isotype of Prunus gentryi
• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Chihuahua in 1988, isotype of forma flavipulpa, including color photo of fresh fruits

Notes and References

1. Gentry, H.S. 1942. Rio Mayo plants. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 537.
2. Laferrière, Joseph E. 1994. Vegetation and flora of the Mountain Pima village of Nabogame, Chihuahua, Mexico. Phytologia 77:102-140.
3. Paul C. Standley. Publication. Field Museum of Natural History. Botanical Series. 17. 2. 155–224. 1937. Studies of American Plants - VII (description on pages 194–195).
4. http://www.tropicos.org/name/50048796 Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed 15 Dec 2013
5. Web site: Isotype of Prunus gentryi Standl. [family ROSACEAE].
6. Felger et al. 2001. Trees of Sonora, Mexico. Oxford University Press.
7. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13789064#page/64/mode/1up Laferrière, Joseph E. 1989 A yellow-fruited form of Prunus gentryi (Rosaceae). Phytologia 65(6):482.
8. Laferrière, Joseph E., Charles W. Weber and Edwin A. Kohlhepp. 1991. Use and nutritional composition of some traditional Mountain Pima plant foods. Journal of Ethnobiology 11(1):93-114.