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Prunus padus L. - syn.Padus avium Mill.; Cerasus padus (L.) DC. - Rosaceae
bird cherry, hackberry, Gewöhnliche Traubenkirsche

Shrub or tree, native to northern Europe (European Bird Cherry, Prunus padus var. padus) and Asia (Asian Bird Cherry Prunus padus var. commutata). White flowers with strong sweet and amine-like smell.

„Literature illustrated a wide geographical range. The species thrives in different habitats. Literature further describes three subspecies and more than twenty varieties. The taxonomical subdivision of the species is disputed and unsolved yet.“
[European bird cherry (Prunus padus L.) − a biodiverse wild plant for horticulture: http://orgprints.org/14845/1/met61.pdf ]

„Bark and seeds contain the cyanogenic glycoside amygdalin.“
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gew%C3%B6hnliche_Traubenkirsche

„The flowers are hermaphroditic and pollinated by bees and flies. The fruit is readily eaten by birds, which do not taste astringency as unpleasant. Bird-cherry Ermine moth (Yponomeuta evonymella) uses bird-cherry as its host plant, and the larvae can eat single trees leafless.“
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_padus

„The volatiles of European bird cherry flowers were enriched by the vacuum headspace method. In the obtained odor concentrate more than 70 compounds were identified by GC/MS. The compounds, which are responsible for the typical odor, are benzaldehyde, 2-phenylethyl alcohol, phenylacetaldehyde, phenylacetonitrile, linalool and a number of nitrogen-containing constituents like indole, methyl anthranilate, anthranilic aldehyde, 2-aminoacetophenone and nicotinic aldehyde.“
[Volatile constituents of European bird cherry flowers (Padus avium Mill.). Surburg, H., Güntert, M., Schwarze, B.,Journal of Essential Oil Research, Vol.2(6), 1990, 307-316]

„P. padus flower diethyl ether extract was found to be rich in (Z)-8-hydroxylinalool (30.4 %), benzaldehyde (19.8 %) and 2-phenylethanol (15.1 %).“
[GC-MS analyses of flower ether extracts of Prunus domestica L. and Prunus padus L. (Rosaceae). Radulović NS, Đorđević AS, Zlatković BK, Palić RM. Chemical Papers, Vol.63(4), 2009, 377-384]