Rosaceae

Cerasus mahaleb var. mahaleb

Cerasus mahaleb var. mahaleb

Cerasus mahaleb var. mahaleb

Cerasus DUHAMEL Cerasus mahaleb (L.) MILLER var. mahaleb (L.) MILLER Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: çalı veya küçük ağaç Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 3 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 5 Habitat: kalkerli veya volkanik yamaçlar meşe çalılıkları Minimum yükseklik: 300 Maksimum yükseklik: 1850 Endemik: - Element: ? Türkiye dağılımı: Türkiye Genel dağılımı: O. ve G. Avrupa, GB. ve O. Asya Bulunduğu kareler:A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A9 B2 B4 B6 B7 B8 B9 C2 C5 C6 C8 C9 C10

C. mahaleb (L.) Miller, Gard. Dict. ed. 8: no. 4 (1768). Ic: Coste, Fl. Fr. 2:8 (1903); Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ. 25: t. 94 (1913). Map 8, p. 15.   Shrub or small tree up to 10(-15) m; young shoots slender, glabrous or minutely puberulent. Stipules deciduous. Leaves orbicular to broadly ovate, up to 25-80 x 15-60 mm, glandular-crenate, glabrous or thinly pubescent along the midrib beneath; petioles up to 30 mm. Flowers 6-12, in lax racemes which are subtended by 2 small leaves; pedicels up to 20 mm; hypanthium broadly cam-panulate; petals white, c. 8 mm; ovary glabrous. Drupe ovoid, 6-12 x 4-10 mm, yellow at first, turning red then black; flesh bitter; stone smooth. Fl. 3-5. 1. Leaves up to 60(-80) x 50(-60) mm; petioles up to 30 mm; drupes 7-12 x 6-10 mm var. mahaleb 1. Leaves up to 25(-30) x 15(-20) mm; petioles up to 10(-12) mm; drupes 6 x 4 mm var alpina var. mahaleb. Syn: Prunus mahaleb L., Sp. PI. 474 (1753); Padus mahaleb (L.) Borkh. ex Roemer in Ark. Bot. 1(2): 38 (1797). Limestone or igneous slopes, in macchie and Quercus scrub, 300-1850 m.   Described from Switzerland (Hb. Linn. 640/11, photo!).   Widespread in Turkey, though scarce near the coast. A2(E) Istanbul: Küçük Gök Su, 27 iv 1896, Nemetz! A3 Bolu: 20 km S.W. of Mudurnu, 1500 m, Kühne 3447! A4 Ankara: Kizilcahamam, M. Zohary 51351! A5 Amasya: Samsun to Ladik, 850 m, Kayacık & Eliçin (ISTO 2175)! A6 Amasya: Erbaa to Çatalan, 300 m, Tobey 1568! A7 Gümüşane: Gümüşane, 1500 m, Stainton 8428! A9 Kars: 30 km from Horasan to Karakurt, in Aras Gorge, 1500 m, D. 46500! B2 Uşak: Bulkaz Da., Bal. ! B4 Ankara: Dikmen, S. of Ankara, Orshan 5023! B6 Adana: Saimbeyli, 900 m, D. 26696! B7 Tunceli: Munzur Da., Aksu De. above Ovacık, 1700 m, D. 31465! B8 Diyarbakir: 50 km S. of Bingöl, 1380 m, M. Zohary 2064-9! B9 Van: 15 km N. of Çatak, D. 23151! C2 Muğla: Muğla, Aucher 1488! C6 Maraş: Ahir Da., 1500 m, Balls 1117! C8 Mardin: Mardin, Hausskn.! C9 Hakkari: Zap Gorge, 50 km S. of Başkale, D. 23816! C10 Hakkari: nr. junction of Van-Hakkari/Yüksekova roads, 1700 m, D. 44704! Is: Khalki, Hedenborg.