Cherry (tree)

Cherry (Prunus)
Species information
Sentience	Non-sentient
Usage	Wand wood
Status	Extant

Cherry (genus Prunus) is a tree on which cherry fruits grow. The cherry fruits of commerce are usually obtained from a limited number of species, including especially cultivars of the wild cherry, Prunus avium.

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 - though if paired with dragon heartstring, the wand ought never to be teamed with a wizard without exceptional self-control and strength of mind.

Notable cherry wand owners

• Neville Longbottom
• Mary Cattermole

Behind the scenes

In Japan, "Hanami" is a traditional practice of picnicking under a "sakura" (Japanese cherry) tree, hence a possible reason why a wand of cherry would be valued by Japanese wizards.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Possible appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Possible appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Pottermore

See also

• Blackthorn (A species that also lies—like Cherry—within the Prunus genus)
• Cherry (fruit)
• Cherry syrup