
The English word cherry derives from Old Northern French or Norman cherise from the Latin cerasum, referring to an ancient Greek region, Kerasous (Κερασοῦς) near Giresun, Turkey, from which cherries were first thought to be exported to Europe. The Cherry Seller, by Sara Troost (18th Century Netherlands) Prunus ssiori F.Schmidt – Hokkaido bird cherry.– hollyleaf cherry, evergreen cherry, holly-leaved cherry or islay – Japanese bird cherry or Gray's bird cherry Prunus caroliniana Aiton – Carolina laurel cherry or laurel cherry.

Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman – African cherry.Padus contains most racemose species that are called cherries which used to be included in the genera Padus (bird cherries), Laurocerasus (cherry laurels), Pygeum (tropical species such as African cherry) and Maddenia. Prunus serotina, black cherry (a bird cherry species) Prunus takesimensis Nakai – Ulleungdo cherry.Prunus speciosa (Koidz.) Ingram – Oshima cherry.– Japanese cherry, hill cherry, Oriental cherry or East Asian cherry – paperbark cherry, birch bark cherry or Tibetan cherry

Prunus sargentii Rehder – northern Japanese hill cherry, northern Japanese mountain cherry or Sargent's cherry.– pin cherry, fire cherry, or wild red cherry – Takane cherry, peak cherry or Japanese alpine cherry – Saint Lucie cherry, rock cherry, perfumed cherry or mahaleb cherry Prunus leveilleana (Koidz.) Koehne – Korean mountain cherry.– Japanese mountain cherry or Japanese hill cherry – European dwarf cherry, dwarf cherry, Mongolian cherry or steppe cherry Prunus emarginata (Douglas ex Hook.) Walp.– Taiwan cherry, Formosan cherry or bell-flowered cherry – sweet cherry, wild cherry, mazzard or gean Prunus apetala (Siebold & Zucc.) Franch.maacki), and by having smooth fruit with no obvious groove. serrula some species with short racemes, e.g. They are known as true cherries and distinguished by having a single winter bud per axil, by having the flowers in small corymbs or umbels of several together (occasionally solitary, e.g. Cerasus contains species that are typically called cherries.

Germersdorfer variety cherry tree in blossom
