From Greek myron, perfume, scented essence and bálanos, acorn : scented plum-cherry. It is a very abundant garden tree in my neighborhood. It is known by many names such as plum-cherry, garden plum, red plum, mirobolane plum, pissard cherry, prunus cerasifera. It catches the eye because in spring it is loaded with pink flowers. Then its leaves turn purple-red the same as its fruits that are edible.
