Published in Koehne. (1912). In: Sarg., Pl. Wilson. 1: 243.
Prunus rufoides, called Diel's cherry, the tawny bark cherry, and in Chinese: 尾叶樱桃, the tailed-leaf cherry, is a species of cherry native to China, preferring to grow at 500–1400 m above sea level, but reaching 1800 m. The fruits are eaten by masked palm civets and the fruits, leaves and buds are eaten by gray snub-nosed monkeys.