Sorbus cashmiriana

Taxobox
name = "Sorbus cashmiriana"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = Leaves; left, from below; right, from above
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rosaceae
subfamilia = Maloideae
genus = "Sorbus"
subgenus = "Sorbus"
species = "S. cashmiriana"
binomial = "Sorbus cashmiriana"
binomial_authority = Hedl.

"Sorbus cashmiriana" (Kashmir Rowan), is a species of rowan native to the western Himalaya, including in Kashmir.

It is a small, usually short-lived deciduous tree growing to 6–8 m tall, with a trunk up to 25 cm diameter. The bark is smooth grey or red-grey. The leaves are 15–23 cm long, pinnate with 15–21 leaflets, dark green on top and lighter green underneath, the petiole reddish, the leaflets 3–5.5 cm long and 1.5–2 cm broad, with a serrated margin. The flowers are 7–10 mm diameter, with five very pale pink petals and pale yellowish stamens, produced in corymbs in the spring. Pollination is by insects. The fruit is a white to whitish-pink pome 12–15 mm diameter, ripening in the autumn and often persisting long after the leaf fall into winter.Rushforth, K. (1999). "Trees of Britain and Europe". Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.] Mitchell, A. F. (1974). "A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe". Collins ISBN 0-00-212035-6] Mitchell, A. F. (1982). "The Trees of Britain and Northern Europe". Collins ISBN 0-00-219037-0]

Cultivation and uses

It is a popular ornamental tree in gardens northwest Europe, grown for its clusters of white fruit.

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