Flowers are
small, white along the entire length of branches.
Fruit is a
pinkish brown. When ripen could turns dark red.
Normally eaten when fruits are almost ripen in light
green colors. About 10.0- mm in diameter.
Non-fleshy, simple, dehiscent, capsule contain a
collection of seeds
Picture here
shows the shape of leaves, flower and that of fruit.
This plant
is a non-timber
species. Small sub-canopy tree -up to 25 m high.Bole
is cylindrical and could be straight for a few
meters. Bark grey and brown. There are about nine
species:
tropical Asia, Australia; one species in
China. This is not a "cherry" tree as we
in Malaysia refers to. In reality Cherry is a fleshy
fruit that contains a single stony seed. The
real cherry belongs to the family
Rosaceae,
genus
Prunus.