Mexican plum Rosaceae Prunus mexicana

Leaf:Alternate, simple, ovate to elliptical, 3 to 4 inches long, serrated margin, sharply pointed tip, green above, slightly paler and pubescent beneath (at least along the veins), emerging leaves have densely pubescent petioles, lacking petiole glands.
Flower:White, 5 petals, 1 inch across, long filaments, yellow anthers, appear in small clusters in early spring before the leaves.
Fruit:Fleshy drupe, nearly round, 1 inch across, yellow to reddish purple with some glaucous bloom, ripen in late summer.
Twig:Slender, reddish brown, later developing an exfoliating gray film, leaf scars raised; buds reddish to gray and sharp pointed, some twigs becoming thorns.
Bark:Initially reddish-gray, smooth with numerous horizontal lenticels, later becoming rough with irregular ridges and exfoliating curling strips.
Form:A multi-stemmed, shrubby, non-suckering small tree with a spreading crown reaching up to 30 feet tall with numerous rigid spiny branches.
leaf fruit twig bark form map
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