Japanese Mountain Cherry

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Japanese Mountain Cherry🌸

Prunus jamasakura

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バラ科木本落葉樹サクラ山地在来種

A deciduous tree of the Rosaceae family and a representative wild cherry species of Japan. Its flowers and young leaves open at the same time, and the young leaves are characteristically reddish-brown.

Identification Points

  • ✓花と若葉が同時に展開
  • ✓若葉は赤褐色〜銅色
  • ✓花は淡紅〜白色で散房状

Habitat

本州（関東以西）・四国・九州の山地

Season

3〜4月（花）

3D Specimen Model

Kyushu University, Shikano Lab (CC0)

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Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification

Leaf arrangement

Alternate

Petal count

5 petals

Flower symmetry

Actinomorphic

Plant sex

Hermaphrodite

Stamen count

3-4

Phylogenetic Positionバラ科 →

Phylogenetic Position

Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Rosales > Rosaceae

Divergence Era

Late Cretaceous (approx. 90 million years ago onward)

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📚新・薔薇大図鑑2200（山と渓谷社）📚樹木図鑑（ナツメ社）

Sources & References

🤖Claude AI

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