Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Padus
6. Padus grayana (Maximowicz) C. K. Schneider; Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 640. 1906.
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Prunus grayana Maximowicz; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 29: 107. 1884; Padus acrophylla C. K. Schneider; Prunus padus Linnaeus var. japonica Miquel.
Trees 8–10(–16) m tall. Branches blackish brown; glabrous; with pale lenticels; branchlets reddish brown to grayish green; velutinous when young. Winter buds ovoid; glabrous or sometimes sparsely pubescent at scale margins. Stipules linear; margin glandular; apex acuminate. Petiole 5–10 mm; usually glabrous; leaf blade grayish green; ovate-oblong to oblong; 4–10 x 1.8–4 cm; glabrous or abaxially pubescent on midvein; base rounded to subcordate; margin acutely serrate or incised; apex long acuminate to long caudate. Racemes 5–8 cm; dense; many-flowered; basally with 2–4(or 5) leaves; peduncle glabrous. Flowers 7–8 mm in diam. Pedicel 2–4 mm; 6–9 mm in fruit; glabrous. Hypanthium campanulate; outside glabrous. Sepals triangular-ovate; soon caducous; outside glabrous; margin serrulate; apex acute. Petals white; oblong-obovate; base cuneate and shortly clawed; margin apically erose; stamens 20–30. Ovary glabrous. Style long and exserted; stigma discoid. Drupe blackish brown; ovoid-globose; 5–6 mm in diam.; glabrous. Fl. Apr–May; fr. Jun–Sep.
Mixed forests in valleys; shady places on slopes; along trails; 1000--3800 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangxi; Guizhou; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan].