Description
Amygdalus triloba (scientific name: Amygdalus triloba), also called Xiaotaohong, is named after its leaves resemble elm leaves and its flowers resemble plum blossoms. It is a sparse shrub, 2-3 meters high; branches spread out, with many short branchlets; branchlets gray, annual branches gray-brown, glabrous or slightly pubescent when young; winter buds are short, 2-3 mm long.
Branches are purple-brown, leaves are broadly elliptic to obovate, apex is 3-lobed, with unequal thick serrations; flowers are single to double petals, purplish red, 1-2 blooms in leaf axils, flowering in April; drupe red, nearly Spherical and hairy.
Yuyemei has been cultivated in China for hundreds of years and is planted in most parks across the country. This species blooms early and is mainly for ornamental purposes. Common cultivation types include double-petaled flowering plum
