Prunus verecunda, commonly called Korean Hill/Mountain Cherry, is a native of Japan. It generally has autumnal leaves of reddish-brown or crimson red colour. It has flowers of bright yellow-white colours.

Biochemistry

In this species various new flavonoid compounds have been found. The compounds are pinocembrin-5-glucoside (5,7-dihydroxyflavanone 5-glucoside), geinstein (5,7,4'-trihydroxysoflavone), prunetin (5,4' dihydroxy-7-methoxyflavanone) and pinocembrin (5,7-dihydroxyflavanone) were found on September 6, 1956.

Habitat

This species is a native of middle Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, where it is commonly distributed into the mountainous regions.

Further reading

• http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja01559a059 JACS-News report:Flavonoids of Various Prunus Species. V. The Flavonoids in the Wood of Prunus verecunda. Biochemistry information.