Bear's plum | |
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Prunus ursina in Horsh Ehden reserve, Lebanon | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Prunus |
Species: | P. ursina
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Binomial name | |
Prunus ursina | |
Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Prunus ursina (bear's plum, Arabic: خوخ الدب ) is a species of prunus native to the woods of Western Asia from Turkey to Syria, Israel and Lebanon.[1] Some sources include this species in Prunus cocomilia.[3]