Plant Details

Accepted name:: Prunus amygdalus Batsch [Rosaceae]
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Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ahashá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
alabukhara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
almendra	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
almendras, aceite	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
almendras, aceite refinado	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
almendro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
almond	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
almond fruit	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
almond gum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
almond oil	Other	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
almond oil, bitter, ffpa	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
almond oil, refined	Other	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
almond oil, virgin	Other	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
almond tree	Other	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
almonds	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
amande amère	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
amande douce	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
amandier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
amandier amère	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
amandier commun	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
amendoeira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ametlle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amygdala amara	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
amygdalae oleum raffinatum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
amygdalae oleum virginale	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
amygdaliá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
amêndoa amarga	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
amêndoa doce	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
amêndoa-amarga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
amêndoa-doce	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arook	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
athashiá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
baadaam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baadaam shireen	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
baadaamamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baadaami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baadaamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badaam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
badaami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badam	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases, C Punjab, Pakistan (Fatima et al., 2018) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
badam (shireen-o-talkh)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badam maghz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badam shireen	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
badam shirin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badam-e-shireen	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
badama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
badamamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
badamitte	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badamkotta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
badamvittulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bandam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bawî tal	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
bawîşîrîn	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
bian tao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bilaiti badam	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
bilati badam	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
bitter almond	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
bitter almond oil free from prussic acid	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
bitter barbary almonds	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
bittermandel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bittermandelbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bodom	Other	Med. Pl. Chatkal Reserve, Uzbekistan (Egamberdieva et al., 2012)
budam	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
bādām-e-shirin	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
bādām-e-talkh	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
gulî loz	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
jordan almond	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
khali badam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
knackmandel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
knackmandeln a la dame	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
lauz	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
lauz-ui-hulu	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
laws	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lawz barri	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
louz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lowz-ol-holv	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
lowz-ol-morr	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
loz	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
magaj badam	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
maghz badam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz badam muqashshar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz badam muqqashar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz badam shireen	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz badam shirin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz badam shirin muqqashar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz badam talkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz badan shirin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz tukhm badam shirin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz-i-badam shireen	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz-i-badam shirin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
mandelbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mandorio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
netropamaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
netropamaphalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paarsibaadami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parsibadami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parsivadumai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pikrahashá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
pikramygdaliá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
pikrathashiá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
refined almond oil	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
roghan badam talkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sweet almond	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
sweet almond oil	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
sweet almonds	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
vaadumai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vaataada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vaataama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vadam-kottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vadumai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
valencia almonds	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
vatada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatadah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatamah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatamam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatamkottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatavairi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatumai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virgin almond oil	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
āmondo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
αθασιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
αμυγδαλιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
πικραμυγδαλιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
πιρκαθασιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
بادام تلخ	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
بادام شیرین	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
لوز بري	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
لوزالحو	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
لوزالمر	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
‫لوز‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	oil	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
seeds		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Seed	Oil	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Semen	Oleum	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Seed	Oil	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
seed	refined fixed oil obtained by expression from the kernels	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Seed		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Fruit, twigs		Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases, C Punjab, Pakistan (Fatima et al., 2018)
seed, nutshell	oil	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
seeds, shell	oil	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Seed, kernel		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fruit, seed		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
kernels	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed	oil	Med. Pl. Chatkal Reserve, Uzbekistan (Egamberdieva et al., 2012)
	oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
nuts		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
kernels		U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
leaves, fruits		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	fatty oil	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
nut	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
seed	oil	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
seed	fatty oil	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
seed	seeds	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
seed	oil	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
seed	essential oil, fixed oil	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
fruit	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Bark (Stem), Fruit, Oil		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
seed	Fatty oil obtained by cold expression from the ripe seeds	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
seed	refined fixed oil obtained by expression from the kernels	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)
semillas	semillas maduras	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 121 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amygdalus communis L. Sp. Pl.: 473 (1753).
Amygdalus communis var. amara (Duhamel) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 983 (1799).
Amygdalus communis var. dulcis (Mill.) Borkh. Theor. Prakt. Handb. Forstbot. 2: 1376 (1803).
Amygdalus dulcis Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
Prunus amygdalus var. amara (Duhamel) Focke in W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3: 728 (1892).
Prunus amygdalus var. dulcis (Mill.) Koehne Deut. Dendrol.: 315 (1893).
Prunus amygdalus var. sativa (L.) Focke in W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3: 728 (1892).
Prunus communis (L.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 209 (1882), nom. illeg.
Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A.Webb Feddes Repert. 74: 24 (1967), nom. illeg.
Prunus dulcis var. amara (Duhamel) Buchheim in R.Zander, Handw.-Buch Pfl.-Namen, ed. 10: 741 (1972).
Amygdalus amara Duhamel Traité Arbr. Fruit. 1: 123 (1768).
Amygdalus amara var. pendula Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 68 (1877), nom. nud.
Amygdalus amara var. pyramidata Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 68 (1877), nom. nud.
Amygdalus amygdalina Oken ex M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 8 (1847).
Amygdalus amygdalus (Batsch) Frye & Rigg Northw. Fl.: 134 (1912), not validly publ.
Amygdalus cochinchinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 316 (1790).
Amygdalus communis f. acuta Magyar Gyümölcs: 563 (1946).
Amygdalus communis f. albaplena Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 235 (1903).
Amygdalus communis subvar. amara (Duhamel) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 27 (1900).
Amygdalus communis f. angustifolia (H.Jaeger) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 325 (1903).
Amygdalus communis var. angustifolia H.Jaeger Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl.: 101 (1865).
Amygdalus communis f. compacta Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 235 (1903), nom. nud.
Amygdalus communis var. cordiformis Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 324 (1826).
Amygdalus communis f. cristata Magyar Gyümölcs: 562 (1946).
Amygdalus communis subvar. dulcis (Mill.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 27 (1900).
Amygdalus communis f. elongata Magyar Gyümölcs: 563 (1946), nom. illeg.
Amygdalus communis var. elongata Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 326 (1826).
Amygdalus communis florepleno F.J.Schultz Abb. Bäume Oesterr. 1: t. 25 (1792), not validly publ.
Amygdalus communis foliis-variegatis F.J.Schultz Abb. Bäume Oesterr. 1: t. 24 (1792), not validly publ.
Amygdalus communis var. fragilima Ficalho & Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot. 16: 100 (1899).
Amygdalus communis var. fragilis Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 531 (1825).
Amygdalus communis var. fragilis Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: ? (1806).
Amygdalus communis var. glabra Popov Trudy Prikl. Bot. 22: 369 (1929).
Amygdalus communis var. incana Popov Trudy Prikl. Bot. 22: 369 (1929).
Amygdalus communis lanceifolia K.Koch Hort. Dendrol.: 139 (1853), nom. nud.
Amygdalus communis f. lanceolata Magyar Gyümölcs: 562 (1946).
Amygdalus communis var. macrocarpa Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 531 (1825).
Amygdalus communis subvar. macrocarpa (Ser.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 27 (1900).
Amygdalus communis f. marginata Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 235 (1903), nom. nud.
Amygdalus communis var. maxima Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 325 (1826).
Amygdalus communis var. media Popov Trudy Prikl. Bot. 22: 369 (1929).
Amygdalus communis f. microcarpa Magyar Gyümölcs: 562 (1946), nom. illeg.
Amygdalus communis var. microcarpa Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 129 (1827).
Amygdalus communis var. ossea Gren. in J.C.M.Grenier & G.Gordon, Fl. France Corse 1: 512 (1849).
Amygdalus communis f. ostraeiformis Magyar Gyümölcs: 562 (1946).
Amygdalus communis f. ovata Magyar Gyümölcs: 562 (1946).
Amygdalus communis f. pendula (H.Jaeger) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 235 (1903).
Amygdalus communis var. pendula H.Jaeger Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl.: 101 (1865).
Amygdalus communis var. pistacia Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 326 (1826).
Amygdalus communis f. platycarpa Magyar Gyümölcs: 563 (1946).
Amygdalus communis f. purpurea Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 235 (1903).
Amygdalus communis var. pyramidalis Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 326 (1826).
Amygdalus communis f. roseaplena Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 235 (1903).
Amygdalus communis f. rotundata Magyar Gyümölcs: 563 (1946).
Amygdalus communis var. rubra Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 327 (1826).
Amygdalus communis var. rugosa Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 324 (1826).
Amygdalus communis f. salicifolia K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 81 (1869).
Amygdalus communis var. sativa L. Sp. Pl.: 473 (1753).
Amygdalus communis var. semifragilis Magyar Gyümölcs: 563 (1946).
Amygdalus communis var. serotina Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 325 (1826).
Amygdalus communis var. sphaerocarpa Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 129 (1827).
Amygdalus communis var. spontanea Korsh. Izv. Imp. Akad. Nauk, ser. 5, 14: 90 (1901).
Amygdalus communis var. stenocarpa Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 128 (1827).
Amygdalus communis var. subrotundata Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 327 (1826).
Amygdalus communis var. tenuis Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 324 (1826).
Amygdalus communis var. tristis Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 325 (1826).
Amygdalus communis f. variegata Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 235 (1903), nom. nud.
Amygdalus decipiens Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 1: n.° 8 (1830).
Amygdalus elata Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 356 (1796).
Amygdalus fragilis Borkh. Vers. Forstbot. Beschr.: 201 (1790), nom. superfl.
Amygdalus indica Duhamel Traité Arbr. Fruit. 1: 124 (1768).
Amygdalus korshinskyi var. bornmuelleri Browicz Arbor. Kórnickie 19: 18 (1974).
Amygdalus sativa Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 3 (1768).
Amygdalus sinensis Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 81 (1840), not validly publ.
Amygdalus stocksiana Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 2: 45 (1856).
Amygdalus vulgaris Weston Engl. Fl.: 2 (1775).
Amygdalus vulgaris plena Weston Engl. Fl.: 2 (1775).
Druparia amygdalus (Batsch) Clairv. Man. Herbor. Suisse: 160 (1811), nom. superfl.
Persica Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 3: (1754).
Prunus amygdalus f. alboplena (Zabel) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 99 (1939).
Prunus amygdalus f. angustifolia Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 603 (1893).
Prunus amygdalus var. fragilis (Ser.) Focke in W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3: 728 (1892).
Prunus amygdalus var. macrocarpa (Ser.) Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 228 (1914).
Prunus amygdalus var. ovalifolia Franch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 6, 16: 281 (1883).
Prunus amygdalus var. pendula (H.Jaeger) Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 228 (1914).
Prunus amygdalus f. pendula (H.Jaeger) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 326 (1949).
Prunus amygdalus var. pollardii C.H.Curtis Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 97: 131 (1935).
Prunus amygdalus var. praecox Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 228 (1914).
Prunus amygdalus f. purpurea (C.K.Schneid.) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 99 (1939).
Prunus amygdalus f. roseoplena (C.K.Schneid.) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 99 (1939).
Prunus amygdalus var. typica Fiori in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Anal. Italia 1: 557 (1898).
Prunus amygdalus f. variegata (C.K.Schneid.) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 99 (1939).
Prunus armeniaca f. pendula (H.Jaeger) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 324 (1949).
Prunus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Koehne Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 52: 300 (1915).
Prunus communis monstr. albiplena (Zabel) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 138 (1906).
Prunus communis subvar. amara (Duhamel) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 138 (1906).
Prunus communis f. amara (Duhamel) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 593 (1906).
Prunus communis subsp. angustata Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 232 (1882).
Prunus communis subvar. angustifolia (Dippel) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 138 (1906).
Prunus communis lusus compacta Zabel ex Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 138 (1906).
Prunus communis f. dulcis (Mill.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 593 (1906), nom. illeg.
Prunus communis var. fragilis C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 593 (1906).
Prunus communis subsp. fragilis Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 209 (1882).
Prunus communis var. fragilis (Ser.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 593 (1906).
Prunus communis f. macrocarpa (Ser.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 593 (1906).
Prunus communis monstr. marginata Zabel ex Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 138 (1906).
Prunus communis f. pendula (H.Jaeger) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 593 (1906).
Prunus communis lusus pendula (H.Jaeger) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 138 (1906).
Prunus communis f. purpurea C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 593 (1906).
Prunus communis lusus purpurea (Zabel) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 138 (1906).
Prunus communis lusus pyramidalis Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 138 (1906).
Prunus communis monstr. roseiplena (Zabel) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 138 (1906).
Prunus communis f. roseoplena C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 593 (1906).
Prunus communis subvar. sativa (L.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 138 (1906).
Prunus communis var. typica C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 593 (1906), not validly publ.
Prunus communis f. variegata C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 593 (1906).
Prunus communis monstr. variegata Zabel ex Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 138 (1906).
Prunus dulcis var. fragilis (Ser.) Buchheim Handw.-Buch Pfl.-Namen, ed. 10: 741 (1972), not validly publ.
Prunus dulcis var. spontanea (Korsh.) Buchheim Handw.-Buch Pfl.-Namen, ed. 10: 742 (1972).
Prunus intermedia A.Sav. Compt. Rend. Assoc. Franç. Avancem. Sci. Assoc. Sci. France 11: 434 (1882 publ. 1883), nom. illeg.
Prunus stocksiana (Boiss.) Brandis Indian Trees: 278 (1906).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amygdalus communis	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Amygdalus communis L.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. Chatkal Reserve, Uzbekistan (Egamberdieva et al., 2012) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amygdalus communis L. var. amara Ludwig ex DC	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Amygdalus communis L. var. dulcis (Mill.) DC.	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Amygdalus communis L. var. dulcis Borkh.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amygdalus communis L.var. dulcis	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Amygdalus communis Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Amygdalus communis var. amara	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Amygdalus dulcis Mill.	Med. Pl. in Sardinia & Sicily: Sardinian Subset (Leonti et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in Sardinia & Sicily: Sicilian Subset (Leonti et al., 2009)
Prunus amygdalus	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Prunus amygdalus Batsch	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Prunus amygdalus Batsch var. amara	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Prunus amygdalus Batsch var. amara (De Candolle) Focke	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
Prunus amygdalus Batsch var. sativa	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Prunus amygdalus Batsch.	Ethnobot. of Swat Valley, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2018) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
Prunus amygdalus Batsch. var. dulces	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Prunus amygdalus DC	Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases, C Punjab, Pakistan (Fatima et al., 2018)
Prunus amygdalus Stokes	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
Prunus amygdalus Stokes var amara Baillon	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Prunus amygdalus Stokes var dulcis Baillon	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Prunus amygdalus Stokes var. amara Focke	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Prunus amygdalus Stokes var. dulcis Koehne	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Prunus amygdalus var amara	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Prunus communis Fritsch	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Prunus dulcis	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A Webb	Med. Pl. in the Medit.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)
Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb var. amara	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb var. amara (DC.) Buchheim	British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb var. dulcis	British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A.Webb	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A.Webb.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Prunus dulcis (Miller) D. A. Webb	Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010)
Prunus dulcis (Miller) D.A. Webb	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Prunus dulcis (Miller) D.A. Webb var amara D.C.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Prunus dulcis (Miller) D.A. Webb var dulci	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Prunus dulcis (Miller) D.A. Webb var. amara (D.C.) Buchheim	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
Prunus dulcis (Miller) D.A. Webb var. dulcis	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
Prunus dulcis (Miller) D.A.Webb	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
Prunus dulcis (Miller) D.A.Webb var. amara (D.C.) Buchheim	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
Prunus dulcis (Miller) D.A.Webb var. dulcis	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
Prunus dulcis (P. Mill.) D.a. Webber	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Prunus dulcis var. amara	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Prunus dulcis var. amara (Dc.) Buchheim	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Prunus dulcis var. dulcis	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)

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