Blackthorn tree
These belong to the same genus as cherries.
Features of blackthorn trees
- twigs: thorny
- flowers: single or in pairs
- style: 1
- seeds: 1
- ripe fruit: roughly 1.2.cm long, skin with a greyish waxy bloom
Blackthorn flower.
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Blackthorn fruit.
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Blackthorn tree.
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Thorny blackthorn twig.
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Flower with one style.
Fruit with one seed.
Solitary flower.
Features of cherry trees
- flowers in clusters with stalks all arising from a central point, or arranged along a short stem, or in spikes
- styles: 1
- seeds: 1
- ripe fruit: less than 2cm long with a smooth apex
- bark with raised horizontal lines or bands of pores (lenticels)
