Prunus mahaleb (Mahaleb Cherry)

Prunus mahaleb (Mahaleb Cherry) grows 20 to 30 feet tall and is a deciduous tree or big shrub. Mahaleb has a fibrous root system that extends deep into the ground. Grey-brown bark. Image 002 Slender The branches radiate forth and upward in a spoke-like pattern from the main stem, with noticeable gaps between branch "spokes." The leaves are ovate to cordate, serrated, glabrous, and green, and are tiny, simple, irregular, and ovate to cordate. There are glands on the petioles or they don't. In the middle of spring, the flowers bloom.