Padus avium Mill.

Species: Padus avium Mill., Genus: Padus, Family: Rosaceae, Group: Angiosperms

(Padus avium Mill.)

-> Genus: Padus -> Family: Rosaceae -> Group: Angiosperms

Habitus

it is a tree 10 - 15 m high, often as a multi-stemmed shrub
bark is reddish-brown to grayish with yellowish lenticels
bork is dark grey to blackish, only shallowly fissured

Buds

buds are spirally arranged, conical to oblong-ovate, 10 - 15 mm in size
the covering scales are numerous, reddish brown with a grayish margin

Shoots

shoots are straight, light brown, later reddish brown, shiny with light round lenticels
the bark has a strong odor when peeled

Leaves (assimilation organs)

the leaves are simple, oblong-elliptic to obovate, sharply pointed, 5 - 12 x 3 - 7 cm large
the margin is finely serrate
vein is depressed from above, protruding from below

Flowers

wood is monoecious, flowers bisexual, white, grouped in 8 - 15 cm long hanging racemes, strongly aromatic
it is flowering in IV – V

Fruits – seeds

the fruit is a spherical black drupe about 7 mm in size
the stone is yellow, irregularly grooved, about 4 mm in size, spherical
the pulp is bitter (popular name - bitters)
it ripens in VIII – IX

Extension

originally almost all of Europe
in Slovakia in the undergrowth in floodplain forests, along streams it rises from the lowlands up to 800 m a.s.l. (max 1,000 m a.s.l.)

Ecology

it tolerates shading when young, but later the light requirements increase
it is demanding on soil moisture and nutrient content
it tolerates high groundwater levels

Significance

as an ornamental park tree during flowering and in autumn with strongly colored leaves
fruit-bearing
it contains many phytoncides, which have antibacterial and insect-repellent effects

Padus avium - as a landscape element during flowering

Padus avium - a decorative landscape element during flowering

From history

Padus avium - Unsere Waldbäume, Sträucher und Zwergholzgewächse. Heidelberg, Carl Winter`s Universitätsbuchhandlung

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