Prunus himalayana, called jyokun shin in Tibetan and 喜马拉雅臭樱 in Chinese, is a species of Prunus native to Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Tibet. It prefers to grow 2,800 to 4,200 m above sea level in the Himalayas. As Maddenia himalaica it was the type species for the now unrecognized genus Maddenia.
Prunus himalayana trees are 3 to 8 m tall, infrequently reaching 10 m. Branches over two years old are pubescent and have brownish-purple to brownish-red shiny bark. Branchlets under one year old have densely ...