Prunus nipponica, also called Japanese alpine cherry (高嶺桜, Takanezakura), is a shrub which originates from the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu, Japan.

[6][7][8] P. nipponica wood contains significant amounts of these flavonoids: d-catechin, naringenin, sakuranetin, eriodictyol, taxifolin, genistein, and prunetin.

[9] Being a member of the genus Prunus, P. nipponica would contain amygdalin and prunasin which form hydrocyanic acid when combined with water.

[3] This species was first reported by Japanese botanist Jinzō Matsumura in the Tokyo Botanical Magazine in 1901.

[10] It is in the section Pseudocerasus of the cherry subgenus Cerasus of the genus Prunus, which are ornamental plants.