name: Nanking Cherry
flavor_db_name_variants: nanking cherry
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Nanking cherry
id: 885
name_scientific: Prunus tomentosa
description: The Nanking cherry (<i>Prunus tomentosa</i>) is a species of Prunus native to northern and western China (including Tibet), Korea, Mongolia, and possibly northern India (Jammu and Kashmir, though probably only cultivated there). Other common names for <i>P. tomentosa</i> include Korean cherry, Manchu cherry, downy cherry, Shanghai cherry, Ando cherry, mountain cherry, Chinese bush cherry, Chinese dwarf cherry, or Hansen's bush cherry. (Wikipedia)
itis_id: 504627
wikipedia_id: Prunus tomentosa
picture_file_name: 1200px-Berries_and_leaves_of_Prunus_Cerasus_tomentosa.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 170325
picture_updated_at: 2015-02-26T21:10:48.000Z
legacy_id: null
food_group: Fruits
food_subgroup: Berries
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2015-02-26T21:10:49.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:36.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: true
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 105667
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00885