Prunus campanulata is a species of cherry native to Japan, Taiwan, southern and eastern China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Hunan, Fujian, and Zhejiang), and Vietnam.

[4] It is widely grown as an ornamental tree, and a symbol of Nago in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.

[6] Prunus campanulata is the host of larval Chrysozephyrus nishikaze, a butterfly species endemic to Taiwan.

[7] Flowers and nectar of Prunus campanulata are among the main food sources of Taiwan yuhinas during their breeding season.

Their seeds portray a physiological and morphological dormancy that is broken when exposed to cold and warm temperatures before germination.