Purple Plum
(Prunus cerasifera)

Tree Description

symmetrical tree with a vase shape
usually grows to a height of 25 feet.  All parts of the tree are a reddish/purple color 

Leaf Description

• Leaf Texture is smooth on top but rough on bottom
  
• Leaf Arrangement is alternate
• Leaf Margin is serrated
• Leaf Venation is pinnate
• Leaf Division is simple
• Leaf Attachment is Petiolate
• Leaf Shape is ovate
• Leaf Color is deep reddish/purple

Bark Description
       
The bark is thin with a reddish color.  Smooth when young with lenticels.  Eventually becomes shallowly ridged.

Twig and Bud Description

                
Twigs are purplish-brown.  They are slender.

Fruit Description 

A round, reddish drupe

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Resources:

• http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/main.htm
• Symonds, George W. D. The Tree Identification Book. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1958.
• Trees and Nonflowering Plants. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.,1998