Article Nº 1650 Plant Vol. II · p. 175
Sour cherry (Prunus Cerasus)
Original title: Ginjeira (Prunus Cerasus)
The sour cherry, a rosaceous tree of Eastern origin cultivated and naturalised on Madeira, whose local fruit is dark red and mildly acidic.
A tree or shrub of the family Rosaceae, subfamily Prunoideae, cultivated and naturalised on Madeira. It originates in the East and is easily distinguished from the sweet cherry by its leaves, which are glabrous on the underside. Madeiran sour cherries are dark red, only slightly acidic and juicy.
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