''Prunus integrifolia'' is a tree native to mountain forests of western South America.
It has much larger
leaves
A leaf (: leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally above ground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, stem, ...
than most other species in the genus, up to long, with no teeth along the edges. The flowers are in an elongated
raceme
A raceme () or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate growth, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are ...
, rising vertically upwards rather than hanging as in some other species.
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Photo of living specimen at Madidi National Park in Bolivia
integrifolia
Plants described in 1851
Flora of Southern America
Trees of Peru
Trees of Colombia
Trees of Ecuador
Trees of Bolivia
Trees of Venezuela
Taxa named by Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers
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