Prunus Avium * Wild Cherry * Gean * Flowering Cherry Bonsai Tree * 5 Seed *

Prunus avium, commonly called wild cherry, bird cherry, or gean. is a species of cherry native to Europe, Anatolia, Maghreb, and western Asia. Prunus avium means "bird cherry" in the Latin language. The flowers are produced in early spring at the same time as the new leaves, borne in corymbs of two to six together, each flower pendent on a 2-5 cm (0.8-2 in) peduncle, 2.5-3.5 cm (1-1.4 in) in diameter, with five pure white petals, yellowish stamens, and a superior ovary; they are hermaphroditic, and pollinated by bees. The fruit are readily eaten by numerous kinds of birds and mammals, which digest the fruit flesh and disperse the seeds in their droppings.