I’ve always loved the smell of the cherry lip balm and the fruit is really good. the cherry originally ‘cherise’ reinterpreted as a plural from the old French word, is both a tree and its fleshy fruit, a type known as a drupe with a single hard stone enclosing the seed. The cherry belongs to the family Rosaceae, genus Prunus (along with almonds, peaches, plums, apricots and bird cherries). The ones selected for eating are derived from only two species, the wild cherry (P.avium), which has given rise to the sweet cherry to which most cherry cultivars belong and the sour cherry or morello cherry (P.cerasus), used mainly for cooking and am making. Both species originate in Europe and western Asia. The other species, although having edible fruit, are not grown extensively for consumption. Many flowering cherry cultivars (known as ‘ornamental cherries’) have the stamens replaced by additional petals (“double” flowers), so they are sterile and do not bear fruit. They are grown purely for their flowers and decorative value.
Cherries have several health benefits. They contain anthocyanins, which is the red pigment in berries. Cherry anthocyanins have been shown to reduce pain and inflammation. Anthocyanins are also potent antioxidants. Cherries have also been shown to contain a high level of melatonin. Besides being an oxidant, melatonin has also been shown to be important for the function of the immune system.
Cherries are sweet and have good medicinal qualities.

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