In the global quest for substitution of fossil fuels, biomass is regarded as one of the most promising alternatives. Thermochemical conversion is one of the dominant biomass-to-energy processing routes with pyrolysis as one of the options that gained importance in recent years. In this paper pyrolysis experiments of cheery tree samples were performed. The objective of this research was to determine selected physical and chemical properties of cheery related to thermochemical conversion. The samples were pyrolysed in a thermogravimetric analyzer in an inert, nitrogen, atmosphere at four different heating rates 1, 2, 5 and 10 °C/min. Pyrolysis occurred, as expected, in three step: loss of moisture and light volatiles, active and passive pyrolysis. With an increase in heating rate a lateral shift of the maximum rate of weight loss for the thermal decomposition to higher temperatures was observed, as well as an increase in the amount of residual char. Moreover, kinetic studies were performed using the Kissinger method. The activation energy was calculated to be 155.26 kJ/mol, while the pre-exponential factor was 1.685×1012 min-1. Obtained results are comparable to values reported in literature. Kissinger method is straightforward and offers the possibility for fast and reliable determination of kinetic parameters.