Rosaceae FAMILY

Prunus mongolica

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Prunus mongolica is a much-branched, deciduous shrub growing 100 - 200cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant has potential for use in land restoration schemes within its native habitat in order to prevent and reverse desertification[ 1618 Title Endemic shrubs in temperate arid and semiarid regions of northern China and their potentials for rangeland restorati Publication AoB Plants June 2015 Author Jianmin Chu; Hongxiao Yang; Qi Lu & Xiaoyan Zhang Website https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plv063 Publisher Year 2015 ISBN Description An open access article, downloaded from http://aobpla.oxfordjournals.org/ ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - southern Mongolia, northern China (Gansu, Nei Monggol, Ningxia)

HabitatHill lands in desert or desert grasslands, stony slopes, dry river beds; at elevations from 1,000 - 2,400 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].