Plant Details

Accepted name:: Prunus persica (L.) Batsch [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aaaduu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aadu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aaluka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aarhoo	Other	Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016)
aaroo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
aaruka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
abridor	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
addu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alukah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amygdalus persica	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
arakah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
aru (peach)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aru (peach0	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aruka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arul	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bagal	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
baimi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
basi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bogsunganamu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bonkofong	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
brugnonier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
buqin	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
bì táo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
duranzo	Other	Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)
duraznero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
durazno	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
firsik	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
ghorfi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
holou	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
kaymu'	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
khale	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kham bu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
kham rag sha	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
kham rak sha	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
kham-bu	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khirola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khokh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kholo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khombrekpa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khoukh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
labgyur	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
makan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
melocotonero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
momo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
máo táo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
peach	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
peach kernal	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
peach kernel	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
peach seed	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
peach tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
peach twig	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
peech hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
persicae ramulus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
persicae semen	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
persicae semen pulveratum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
persika	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pessegueiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pfirsich	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
pfirsichbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
piccesu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pichchisuhanne	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pichesu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pichhisu hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pichuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pokok pelam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
powdered peach kernel	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
pêcher	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
pêssego	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
qudis	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
qzimux	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
reg	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rodakiniá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
semen persicae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
shaftaloo	Other	Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016)
shalil	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
shaltalu	Other	Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
shatalu	Other	Ethnomed. Uses of Edible Wild Fruits, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
shuftalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
takbopot	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tao ren	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
taoren	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
taozhi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
tulasnu	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
táo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
táo rén	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
táorén	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
virarukah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
đào	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
ροδακινιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
خوخ	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
شليل	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
هلو	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ཁམ་བུ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
ཁམ་རག་ཤ །	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
トウニン	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
トウニン末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
山苦桃	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
巴旦杏仁	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
桃	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
桃仁	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
桃仔	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
桃仔樹	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
桃叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
桃奴	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
桃子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
桃枝	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
桃树根、茎、树皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
桃树胶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
桃根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
桃胶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
桃花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
桃茎白皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
毛桃	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
甜桃	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
白桃	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
碧桃	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
碧桃干	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紅桃	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
苦桃	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
leaf flower, seeds		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
seed	dried ripe seed	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Young tip		MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
Seed		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Fruit		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Leaves		Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016)
flower, fruit		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
flower, fruit		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
ripe seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
seed		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves, fruits		Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
Fruits		Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
Leaves		Ethnomed. Uses of Edible Wild Fruits, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
Leaves		Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)
flower, leaf, fruit, bud		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
leaves, bark, fruit	fresh leaves, powder of leaves	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
kernel of stones, fruit, leaves		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Seeds		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Seed embryo, leaf		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed	seed	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
leaf		Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
seed		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
seed		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
seed		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
seed	ripe seed	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 206 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amygdalus persica L. Sp. Pl.: 472 (1753).
Persica nucipersica (L.) Borkh. Vers. Forstbot. Beschr.: 205 (1790).
Persica vulgaris Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768).
Amygdalus communis var. persica (L.) Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 327 (1826).
Amygdalus ferganensis (Kostina & Rjabov) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 38: 20 (1986).
Amygdalus laevis (DC.) Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa: 92 (1825).
Amygdalus nucipersica (L.) Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 647 (1832).
Amygdalus persica var. aganonucipersica (Schübl. & G.Martens) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 38: 18 (1986).
Amygdalus persica subsp. aganonucipersica Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 305 (1834).
Amygdalus persica var. aganopersica (Dierb.) Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 647 (1832).
Amygdalus persica alba Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1586 (1833).
Amygdalus persica var. albaplena (C.K.Schneid.) Nash J. New York Bot. Gard. 20: 11 (1919).
Amygdalus persica camelliiflora Van Houtte J. Gén. Hort. 13: 17 (1859).
Amygdalus persica var. compressa (Loudon) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 38: 19 (1986).
Amygdalus persica dianthiflora Van Houtte J. Gén. Hort. 13: 17 (1859).
Amygdalus persica var. duplex Weston Bot. Univ. 1: 7 (1770).
Amygdalus persica var. duracina Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 647 (1832).
Amygdalus persica var. foliis-atropurpureis H.Jaeger in H.Jaeger & L.Beissner, Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl., ed. 2: 30 (1884), not validly publ.
Amygdalus persica foliis-rubris Van Houtte Ann. Gén. Hort. 19: 95 (1874), not validly publ.
Amygdalus persica ispahamensis Thouin Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 8: 433 (1806).
Amygdalus persica var. laevis (DC.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 81 (1840).
Amygdalus persica var. multiplex Bunge Enum. Pl. China Bor.: 22 (1833).
Amygdalus persica var. nectarina Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 161 (1789).
Amygdalus persica subsp. nucipersica (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 305 (1834).
Amygdalus persica var. nucipersica L. Sp. Pl.: 472 (1753).
Amygdalus persica nuda Gren. Fl. Jurass.: 199 (1865).
Amygdalus persica f. pendula (Siebold) H.Ohba & S.Akiyama J. Jap. Bot. 89: 290 (2014), basionym not validly published.
Amygdalus persica persicaduplex Weston Bot. Univ. 1: 7 (1770).
Amygdalus persica plena Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 161 (1789).
Amygdalus persica f. roseaplena Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 234 (1903).
Amygdalus persica var. roseoplena Nash J. New York Bot. Gard. 20: 11 (1919).
Amygdalus persica rosiflora Jacob-Makoy Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 112: 22 (1868).
Amygdalus persica var. rubroplena Nash J. New York Bot. Gard. 20: 11 (1919).
Amygdalus persica subsp. scleronucipersica Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 305 (1834).
Amygdalus persica var. scleronucipersica (Schübl. & G.Martens) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 38: 19 (1986).
Amygdalus persica scleronucipersica Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 305 (1834).
Amygdalus persica var. scleropersica (Rchb.) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 38: 19 (1986).
Amygdalus persica scleropersica Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 647 (1832).
Amygdalus persica var. sinensis Lem. Jard. FIeur. 4: t. 328 (1854).
Amygdalus persica f. stellata (Siebold & de Vriese) H.Ohba & S.Akiyama J. Jap. Bot. 89: 287 (2014).
Amygdalus persica var. stellata Siebold & de Vriese Ann. Hort. Bot. 2: 65 (1859).
Amygdalus persica f. versicolor (Siebold) H.Ohba & S.Akiyama J. Jap. Bot. 89: 290 (2014).
Persica chinensis Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 69 (1877), nom. nud.
Persica chinensis var. radiata Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 69 (1877), nom. nud.
Persica domestica Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 104 (1826).
Persica ferganensis (Kostina & Rjabov) Kovalev & Kostina Trudy Prikl. Bot., Ser. 8, Plodovye Yagodnye Kul't. 4: 16 (1935), comb. not validly publ.
Persica laevis DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 487 (1805).
Persica levis Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 117 (1826).
Persica levis var. acidula Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 118 (1826).
Persica levis var. aurantia Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 118 (1826).
Persica mammillata Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 1: n.° 14 (1830).
Persica nana Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: Persica n.° 2 (1768).
Persica pendula Siebold Nursery Cat. (von Siebold & Comp.) 1863: 36 (1863), nom. nud.
Persica platycarpa Decne. Jard. Fruit. 7: 42 (1875).
Persica vulgaris var. aganopersica Dierb. Mag. Pharm. 20: 20 (1827).
Persica vulgaris var. alba (Lindl.) Holub bis Vedecke Prace Ovocnarske 6: 310 (1977).
Persica vulgaris f. alba (Lindl.) Zamyslova Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 811 (1954).
Persica vulgaris var. albaplena (C.K.Schneid.) Holub bis Vedecke Prace Ovocnarske 6: 310 (1977).
Persica vulgaris f. albaplena (C.K.Schneid.) Zamyslova Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 811 (1954).
Persica vulgaris albida Moris Fl. Sardoa 2: 7 (1840).
Persica vulgaris var. apiana Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 98 (1826).
Persica vulgaris var. atropurpurea (C.K.Schneid.) Holub bis Vedecke Prace Ovocnarske 6: 309 (1977).
Persica vulgaris subsp. atropurpurea (C.K.Schneid.) V.A.Zaiats Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 57(1): 54 (2000).
Persica vulgaris f. atropurpurea (C.K.Schneid.) Zamyslova Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 811 (1954).
Persica vulgaris var. autumnalis Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 99 (1826).
Persica vulgaris var. bipartita Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 103 (1826).
Persica vulgaris var. camelliiflora (Van Houtte) Holub bis Vedecke Prace Ovocnarske 6: 311 (1977).
Persica vulgaris f. camelliiflora (Van Houtte) Zamyslova Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 811 (1954).
Persica vulgaris subsp. campanuliflora (Rjabov) Denisov Trudy Prikl. Bot. Genet. Selekts. 155: 19 (1999), not validly publ.
Persica vulgaris var. campanuliflora Rjabov Klass. Pers.: 12 (1939), not validly publ.
Persica vulgaris var. carnea Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 101 (1826).
Persica vulgaris var. caucasica Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 68 (1877), nom. nud.
Persica vulgaris var. compressa V.A.Zaiats Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 57(1): 54 (2000), nom. illeg.
Persica vulgaris var. compressa Loudon Arb. Brit. 2: 680 (1838).
Persica vulgaris var. cydonia Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 103 (1826).
Persica vulgaris var. densa (Makino) Holub bis Vedecke Prace Ovocnarske 6: 308 (1977), nom. illeg.
Persica vulgaris densa Moris Fl. Sardoa 2: 7 (1840).
Persica vulgaris var. dianthiflora (Van Houtte) Holub bis Vedecke Prace Ovocnarske 6: 311 (1977).
Persica vulgaris f. dianthiflora (Van Houtte) Zamyslova Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 811 (1954).
Persica vulgaris var. diapyrena Moris Fl. Sardoa 2: 6 (1840).
Persica vulgaris f. duplex (Weston) Zamyslova Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 811 (1954).
Persica vulgaris var. duplex (Weston) Holub bis Vedecke Prace Ovocnarske 6: 311 (1977).
Persica vulgaris duracina Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 131 (1827).
Persica vulgaris subsp. erythrocarpa V.A.Zaiats Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 57(1): 55 (2000).
Persica vulgaris flavorubens Moris Fl. Sardoa 2: 7 (1840).
Persica vulgaris var. foliis-rubris Mouill. Traité Arbr. Arbriss. 1: 397 (1892), not validly publ.
Persica vulgaris var. fulva Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 98 (1826).
Persica vulgaris var. gibbosa Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 102 (1826).
Persica vulgaris var. haematocarpa Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 178 (1866).
Persica vulgaris var. haematocarpa Dierb. Mag. Pharm. 20: 20 (1827).
Persica vulgaris var. intermedia Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 99 (1826).
Persica vulgaris isolata Kuntze Taschen-Fl. Leipzig: 273 (1867).
Persica vulgaris var. jucunda Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 98 (1826).
Persica vulgaris proles laevis (DC.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 28 (1900).
Persica vulgaris laevis (DC.) Moris Fl. Sardoa 2: 7 (1840).
Persica vulgaris subsp. laevis (DC.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 94 (1894).
Persica vulgaris var. laevis (DC.) Lej. & Courtois Comp. Fl. Belg. 2: 124 (1831).
Persica vulgaris var. lanuginosa Gaudin Fl. Helv. 3: 303 (1828).
Persica vulgaris var. leucocarpa Dierb. Mag. Pharm. 20: 20 (1827).
Persica vulgaris leucocarpa Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 130 (1827).
Persica vulgaris var. loiseleurii Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 96 (1826).
Persica vulgaris var. magnifica (C.K.Schneid.) Holub bis Vedecke Prace Ovocnarske 6: 311 (1977).
Persica vulgaris f. magnifica (C.K.Schneid.) Zamyslova Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 811 (1954).
Persica vulgaris var. mammosa Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 101 (1826).
Persica vulgaris var. minuta Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 97 (1826).
Persica vulgaris moschata Moris Fl. Sardoa 2: 7 (1840).
Persica vulgaris var. muscata Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 97 (1826).
Persica vulgaris var. nana (Mill.) Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 68 (1877).
Persica vulgaris subsp. nectarina (Aiton) Shof. in unknown publication.
Persica vulgaris var. nectarina (Aiton) Holub bis Vedecke Prace Ovocnarske 6: 305 (1977).
Persica vulgaris var. nucipersica (L.) Buia in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 4: 871 (1956).
Persica vulgaris convar. nucipersica (L.) Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 28: 107 (1993).
Persica vulgaris f. nuda Magyar Mohácsy Gyümölcsterm 1: 293 (1946).
Persica vulgaris var. odorata Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 104 (1826).
Persica vulgaris ovalis Moris Fl. Sardoa 2: 7 (1840).
Persica vulgaris var. ovata Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 100 (1826).
Persica vulgaris var. pendula V.A.Zaiats Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 57(1): 54 (2000), nom. illeg.
Persica vulgaris f. pendula (Dippel) Zamyslova Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 811 (1954).
Persica vulgaris var. pendula (Dippel) Holub bis Vedecke Prace Ovocnarske 6: 312 (1977).
Persica vulgaris var. pendula Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 68 (1877), nom. nud.
Persica vulgaris var. praecox Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 94 (1826).
Persica vulgaris var. pyramidalis (Dippel) Holub bis Vedecke Prace Ovocnarske 6: 312 (1977).
Persica vulgaris f. pyramidalis (Dippel) Zamyslova Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 811 (1954).
Persica vulgaris var. rosiflora Rjabov Klass. Pers.: 12 (1939).
Persica vulgaris var. rotundata Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 96 (1826).
Persica vulgaris var. ruberrima Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 102 (1826).
Persica vulgaris var. sanguinea Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 99 (1826).
Persica vulgaris f. sanguinea (Mándy) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 9: 425 (1963), nom. illeg.
Persica vulgaris var. sanguinolenta Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 100 (1826).
Persica vulgaris var. scleropersica Dierb. Mag. Pharm. 20: 21 (1827).
Persica vulgaris scleropersica Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 131 (1827).
Persica vulgaris secedens Moris Fl. Sardoa 2: 6 (1840).
Persica vulgaris succosa Moris Fl. Sardoa 2: 7 (1840).
Persica vulgaris var. sympyrena Moris Fl. Sardoa 2: 7 (1840).
Persica vulgaris var. tomentosa Moris Fl. Sardoa 2: 6 (1840).
Persica vulgaris var. tristis Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 102 (1826).
Persica vulgaris versicolor Siebold Nursery Cat. (von Siebold & Comp.) 1863: 36 (1863).
Persica vulgaris f. versicolor (Siebold) Zamyslova Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 811 (1954).
Persica vulgaris var. violacea Moris Fl. Sardoa 2: 7 (1840).
Persica vulgaris xanthocarpa Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 132 (1827).
Persica vulgaris var. xanthocarpa Dierb. Mag. Pharm. 20: 20 (1827).
Prunus daemonifuga H.Lév. & Vaniot Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 58 (1908).
Prunus ferganensis (Kostina & Rjabov) Y.Y.Yao ex Y.H.Tong & N.H.Xia Biodivers. Sci. 24: 715 (2016).
Prunus persica f. aganonucipersica (Schübl. & G.Martens) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 3(1): 25 (1922).
Prunus persica f. aganopersica (Dierb.) Voss in K.Putlitz & L.Meyer, Landlexikon 6: 345 (1914).
Prunus persica lusus alba (Lindl.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 137 (1906).
Prunus persica f. alba (Lindl.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 594 (1906).
Prunus persica f. albaplena C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 594 (1906).
Prunus persica f. albescens Uyeki Woody Pl. Distr. Chôsen 1: 52 (1940).
Prunus persica var. aposarca Burkart Darwiniana 17: 451 (1972).
Prunus persica lusus atripurpurea Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 137 (1906).
Prunus persica f. atropurpurea C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 594 (1906).
Prunus persica lusus camelliiflora (Van Houtte) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 137 (1906).
Prunus persica f. camelliiflora (Van Houtte) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 606 (1893).
Prunus persica f. caryophyllodes Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 232 (1894).
Prunus persica f. coccineoplena C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 594 (1906).
Prunus persica var. commixta Makino J. Jap. Bot. 5: 14 (1928).
Prunus persica f. compressa (Loudon) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 329 (1949).
Prunus persica var. compressa (Loudon) Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 248 (1914).
Prunus persica f. dasycarpa Magyar Gyümölcs: 460 (1946).
Prunus persica var. densa Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 16: 178 (1902).
Prunus persica f. dianthiflora (Van Houtte) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 606 (1893).
Prunus persica lusus dianthiflora (Van Houtte) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 137 (1906).
Prunus persica subsp. domestica (Risso) D.Rivera Varied. Trad. Frut. Cuenca Río Segura Cat. Etnobot.: 293 (1997).
Prunus persica f. duplex (Weston) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 3: 24 (1922).
Prunus persica subsp. ferganensis Kostina & Rjabov Trudy Prikl. Bot., Ser. 8, Plodovye Yagodnye Kul't. 1: 323 (1932).
Prunus persica subsp. floriplena Burkart Darwiniana 17: 447 (1972).
Prunus persica f. glabra Magyar Gyümölcs: 460 (1946).
Prunus persica var. laevis (DC.) Focke in W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3: 728 (1892).
Prunus persica subsp. laevis (DC.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 209 (1882).
Prunus persica var. lasiocalyx H.Lév. & Vaniot Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 58 (1908).
Prunus persica var. longistyla H.Lév. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 58 (1908).
Prunus persica var. magnifica (C.K.Schneid.) Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 248 (1914).
Prunus persica f. magnifica C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 594 (1906).
Prunus persica f. mollis Magyar Gyümölcs: 459 (1946).
Prunus persica var. nectarina (Aiton) Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 29: 83 (1883).
Prunus persica f. nectarina (Aiton) Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 29: 83 (1883).
Prunus persica var. nucipersica P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 521 (1936).
Prunus persica subsp. nucipersica (L.) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 606 (1893).
Prunus persica var. nucipersica (L.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 594 (1906).
Prunus persica f. nuda Magyar Gyümölcs: 459 (1946).
Prunus persica f. nudicarpa Magyar Gyümölcs: 460 (1946).
Prunus persica f. pendula Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 606 (1893).
Prunus persica var. pendula (Dippel) Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 248 (1914).
Prunus persica lusus pendula (Dippel) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 137 (1906).
Prunus persica subsp. platycarpa (Decne.) D.Rivera Varied. Trad. Frut. Cuenca Río Segura Cat. Etnobot.: 298 (1997).
Prunus persica var. platycarpa (Decne.) L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1457 (1901).
Prunus persica var. pleiocarpa Makino J. Jap. Bot. 6: 30 (1929).
Prunus persica f. praematura Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 119 (1908).
Prunus persica f. pubescens Magyar Gyümölcs: 460 (1946).
Prunus persica f. pumila Magyar Gyümölcs: 460 (1946).
Prunus persica var. pyramidalis (Dippel) Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 248 (1914).
Prunus persica lusus pyramidalis (Dippel) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 137 (1906).
Prunus persica f. pyramidalis Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 606 (1893).
Prunus persica f. rubroplena C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 594 (1906).
Prunus persica f. sanguinea Mándy Magyar Növényvilág Kézikönyve 1: 297 (1951).
Prunus persica f. scleronucipersica (Schübl. & G.Martens) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 3: 25 (1922).
Prunus persica f. scleropersica (Rchb.) Voss in K.Putlitz & L.Meyer, Landlexikon 6: 345 (1914).
Prunus persica f. stellata Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 119 (1908).
Prunus persica var. subspontanea Makino J. Jap. Bot. 7: 32 (1931).
Prunus persica var. uninensis Uyeki Bull. Agric. Coll. Suwon 1: 18 (1925).
Prunus persica f. uninensis (Uyeki) Uyeki Woody Pl. Distr. Chôsen 1: 52 (1940).
Prunus persica f. versicolor (Siebold) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 232 (1894).
Prunus persica subsp. vulgaris (Mill.) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 605 (1893).
Prunus persica var. vulgaris (Mill.) Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 29: 82 (1883).
Prunus persica var. xanthocarpa (Dierb.) Magyar Gyümölcs: 459 (1946).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amygdalus persica	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Amygdalus persica L.	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amygdalus persica Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Persica nucipersica	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Persica vulgaris	Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005)
Persica vulgaris Mill.	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Prunis persica (L) Batsch	Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
Prunus persica	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. persica	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Prunus persica (L.) Sieber & Zucc.	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
Prunus persica (L.)Batsch	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Prunus persica (Linn.) Batsch.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Prunus persica (Linnaeus) Batsch	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Prunus persica Batsch	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Prunus persica Batsch.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Prunus persica L.	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
Prunus persica L. Batsch.	Ethnomed. Uses of Edible Wild Fruits, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
Prunus persica Stokes	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)

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