A variety of wild cherry tree found growing in the southern part of the Kii Peninsula is the first new species of the genus Prunus cerasus to be discovered in the country in some 100 years, two forestry groups said this week.
The two bodies — the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute and Wakayama Prefectural Government’s forestry test station — announced Tuesday that they have named the new species Kumanozakura.
The petals of Kumanozakura are mainly a light shade of red, similar to those of Somei-Yoshino, and bloom earlier than those of the cultivated variety.
The leaves are egg-shaped and smaller than those of the Yamazakura and Kasumizakura wild cherry trees also found in the region.=read more
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