Scientific Name: prunus mahaleb L.
- Family: Rosaceae
- English Name: St Lucie’s cherry, perfumed cherry
- French Name: Prunier de Saint Lucier , Cerisier odorant
- Arabic Name: محلب
- Type: Deciduous shrub, 2-4m
- Distribution: Europe, Caucasus, Turkey,Iraq
- Range in Lebanon/Habitat: low mountain-1500m above sea level.
- Flowering Time: April – May