Plant Details

Accepted name:: Prunus mandshurica (Maxim.) Koehne [Rosaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
apricot kernel	Other	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
armeniacae amarum semen	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
armeniacae semen	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
armeniacae semen amarum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
bitter apricot	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bitter apricot seed	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
ku sing ren	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ku xing ren	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
kuxingren	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
semen armeniacae amarum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
杏仁	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
杏枝	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
杏树根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
杏树皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
杏花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
東北杏	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
苦杏仁	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
seed		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
seed	well ripe seed	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Armeniaca mandshurica (Maxim.) Skvortsov Trudy Prikl. Bot. 22: 223 (1929).
Prunus mandshurica var. glabra Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 15: 679 (1939), not validly publ.
Armeniaca mandshurica var. domestica Skvortsov Trudy Prikl. Bot. 22: 226 (1929).
Armeniaca mandshurica var. glabra (Nakai) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 38: 31 (1986).
Armeniaca mandshurica f. major T.Z.Li Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 9(4): 67 (1989).
Armeniaca mandshurica var. subcordata Skvortsov Trudy Prikl. Bot. 22: 226 (1929).
Prunus armeniaca var. mandshurica Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 29: 87 (1883).
Prunus mandshurica f. barbinervis (Nakai) W.Lee Lin. Fl. Koreae 1: 503 (1996).
Prunus mandshurica var. barbinervis Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 15: 679 (1939).
Prunus mandshurica f. oblonga Skvortsov Lingnan Sci. J. 6: 210 (1928).
Prunus mandshurica var. pubescens Nakai ex T.Kawamoto Handb. Kor.-Manch. For.: 140 (1940).
Prunus mandshurica f. rotunda Skvortsov Lingnan Sci. J. 6: 210 (1928).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Armeniaca mandshurica (Maxim.) Skv.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Prunus mandshurica (Maxim.) Koehne	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Prunus mandshurica Koehne var. glabra Nakai	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Prunus mandshurica Koenhe	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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