Prunus serrulata

"Japanse sierkers" in Dutch. Direct translated "Japanese cherry"

This flower is native to the mountains of western China, in Korea, in Japan, on the island of Izu Oshima, the island of Honshu and in the northwest of the island of Hokkaido.

Akura (kanji: 桜 or 櫻, hiragana: さ く ら, katakana: サ ク ラ) is the Japanese name for cherry Prunus serrulata (Prunus jamasakura), Prunus speciosa, Prunus × yedoensis and their blossoms. In Dutch we use the term cherry. The icing (桜 ん ぼ, sakuranbo) comes from another species Prunus.