Talk:Prunus cerasifera

Could anyone describe the rootball width and depth of this plant? My city just planted a young one 5ft (2m) from my sewer line, and I'm worried about blockages. Ray Van De Walker 23:52, 8 March 2007 (UTC) - Some confusion here. Mirabelle and Cherry_Plum both mention Lorraine as producing 15,000 tons or 70% of the world's production of this fruit. But they are different species, Mirabelle is Prunus Domestica Insititia, Cherry Plum or Myrobalan is Prunus Cerasifera. I don't know which is correct, since I came to Wikipedia hoping to find the correct answer!


 * The term "mirabelle" (French in origin) is derived from "myrobalan" (Latin/Greek in origin). They are the same sort, as near as I can tell (it's a little difficult, since most of the best information is in French, and my French isn't the best) from a little research.  Or, rather, mirabelles are a type of myrobalan.  Cherry plums are another type (mostly grown in Britain) it would seem.  The difference seems to be just a controversy of classification.  It would appear that some botanists prefer to classify them as P. cerasifera or P. myrobalan, others as P. domestica "Myrobalan", or with the damsons in P. domestica insititia.  Damsons/bullaces are the same way: older texts give P. insititia, while most recent ones use P. domestica insititia, and some make the whole lot of European plum varieties P. x domestica (considering them all to be hybrids).  Unless I'm wrong, the articles ought to be merged.  -GSwift 07:16, 17 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Mirabelle plums are "Prunus domestica subspecies syriaca", while Cherry plums are "Prunus cerasifera": this means that they are separate species. According to Wikispecies, "Prunus insititia convar. syriaca" is a homotypic synonym for "Prunus domestica subspecies syriaca" - i.e it's another scientific name for the Mirabelle plum. Which means that Mirabelles and Myrobalans are (in spite of the similar etymology of the names) different types of plum. I see that the Cherry plum article no longer makes the Lorraine claim, so I think that no further action is required here.Piedmont (talk) 12:57, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

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Leaf Colour
Isn't the photo/description a little misleading here, since most cherry plum trees have green leaves. 91.105.181.205 (talk) 14:32, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

use as a Bach flower remedy
The article states: However, according to Cancer Research UK, "there is no scientific evidence to prove that flower remedies can control, cure or prevent any type of disease, including cancer".[14]. However, the article cited http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancers-in-general/treatment/complementary-alternative/therapies/flower-remedies takes a much more positive approach about how flower remedies are used: "Studies since 2007 seem to show that essences can help people to feel better and improve their quality of life. They also seem to show that the effect of the essences is not just due to the placebo effect." The article also states that flower remedies are not intended to treat medical conditions as such, and that they are safe to use. This article takes information out of context, implying that flower remedies are useless because they don't cure cancer, when they are not intended to cure cancer or other strictly physical conditions. The actual article cited goes on to give advice about how to use flower remedies, along with cautions. The Wikipedia article cherry picks one statement out of content to give a false impression of the tone and conclusion of the article cited. I suspect this is because of the bias of Wikipedia authors and editors against holistic medicine practices. Whatever the reason, the citation of the article by Cancer Research UK is misleading and should either be deleted or expanded to include the positive comments cited above. Mercurio77 (talk) 04:31, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

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Parent of P. domestica
I have put in a section about cerasifera being the parent of domestica. Sorry the refs are not quite right, I can't understand what is supposed to be wrong with them, its my first time using this template. Anyhow, clearly this role as parent is very important, so please work with me to improve it. IceDragon64 (talk) 14:45, 1 March 2024 (UTC)