Cherry (tree)

A cherry tree is any member of the four following subgenera of the genus Prunus: Cerasus (cherries), Lithocerasus (sand cherries), Padus (bird cherries) or Laurocerasus (cherry laurels), though the term is ofte used to refer to the Japanese Cherry Blossom (Sakura trees).

Wandlore
Cherry is very rare wand wood that makes for a wand of strange power, most highly prized by the wizarding students of the school of Mahoutokoro in Japan, where those who own cherry wands have special prestige.

The Western wand-purchaser should dispel from their minds any notion that the pink blossom of the living tree makes for a frivolous or merely ornamental wand, for cherry wood often makes a wand that possesses truly lethal power, whatever the core&mdash;though if teamed with dragon heartstring, the wand ought never to be teamed with a wizard without exceptional self-control and strength of mind.

Notable alder wand owners

 * Frank Longbottom
 * Neville Longbottom (inherited from the above)