Sakura and Moss Pink Description: Yachounomori Garden, Tatebayashi-shi(city) Gunma-ken(Prefecture), Japan 群马県馆林市 野鸟の森ガーデン Date: 10 April 2009(2009-04-10), 08:53 Camera location: 36°13'58.26" N, 139°31'58.09" E
The cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy stone fruit. The cherry fruits of commerce are usually obtained from a limited number of species, including especially cultivars of the wild cherry, Prunus avium.
The name 'cherry', often as the cοmpοund term 'cherry tree', may also be applied to many other members of the genus Prunus, or to all members of the genus as a collective term.
The fruits of many of these are not cherries, and have other common names, including plum, apricot, peach, and others. The name 'cherry' is also frequently used in reference to cherry blossom.