Keyed Out #092 — Prunus laurocerasus 'Zabeliana'

Question 1

Each small white flower opens five separate petals behind five sepals, with {stamens} too many to count quickly, all springing from the rim of a shallow cup rather than straight from the stem tip.

Accepted Answer

rose family

Question 2

New shoots carry their leaves singly, never in pairs, and each leafstalk base is flanked at first by two narrow {stipules} that soon wither and fall, leaving only a scar.

Accepted Answer

Rosaceae

Question 3

The fruit that follows is a single fleshy globe built around one hard stone, not a small apple-like fruit with several seeds packed into a core.

Accepted Answer

Prunus

Question 4

Turn a leaf over and a pair of raised, dark {nectaries} sits at the base of the blade where the stalk joins, secreting sugar far from any flower.

Accepted Answer

Prunus

Question 5

Every thick, {glossy}, dark {evergreen} blade is carried on a plain green stalk on a plain green young shoot, with none of the dark crimson that colours its nearest evergreen kin.

Accepted Answer

Prunus laurocerasus

Question 6

Its white flower spikes stand stiffly upright among the leaves, 3 to 6 inches (7 to 15 cm) long, instead of hanging down as slender pendants.

Accepted Answer

Prunus laurocerasus