Plant Details

Accepted name:: Prunus amygdalus Batsch [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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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) 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 gum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
almond oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia 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 Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
almond oil, virgin	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
almond tree	Other	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
amande amère	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
amande douce	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
amandier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
amandier amère	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: 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 Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
amygdalae oleum raffinatum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
amygdalae oleum virginale	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 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 in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018) Unani Pharmacopoeia 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 Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
badam shirin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badam-e-shireen	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
badama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
badamamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia 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 Pharmacopoeia 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 Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bilati badam	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia 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) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
bitter almond oil free from prussic acid	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
bittermandel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bittermandelbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
budam	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bādām-e-shirin	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
bādām-e-talkh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
gulî loz	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
khali badam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
knackmandel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lauz	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
lauz-ui-hulu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia 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	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
lowz-ol-morr	Other	Tradit. 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 Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 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) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sweet almond oil	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
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 Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
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 Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 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	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
بادام شیرین	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
لوز بري	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
لوزالحو	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
لوزالمر	Other	Tradit. 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 Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
seeds		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: 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. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Seed		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Fruit, twigs		Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (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 and its 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)
	oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
nuts		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
kernels		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
leaves, fruits		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	fatty oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
nut	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
seed	oil	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
seed	fatty oil	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
seed	seeds	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
seed	oil	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
seed	vegetal drug, 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 from the ripe seeds by cold expression. It is then refined.	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
seed	refined fixed oil obtained by expression from the kernels	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
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).
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 dulcis Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
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 Anon. 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 (Ser.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 593 (1906).
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 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 lusus purpurea (Zabel) 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 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	Tradit. 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. 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 Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Amygdalus communis Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Amygdalus communis var. amara	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Prunus amygdalus	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, 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 Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Prunus amygdalus DC	Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018)
Prunus amygdalus Stokes	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
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 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 Med.: 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 Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb var. dulcis	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 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) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (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. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Prunus dulcis (Miller) D.A. Webb var amara D.C.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Prunus dulcis (Miller) D.A. Webb var dulci	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Prunus dulcis (Miller) D.A. Webb var. amara (D.C.) Buchheim	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
Prunus dulcis (Miller) D.A. Webb var. dulcis	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
Prunus dulcis (Miller) D.A.Webb	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
Prunus dulcis (Miller) D.A.Webb var. amara (D.C.) Buchheim	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
Prunus dulcis (Miller) D.A.Webb var. dulcis	British Pharmacopoeia 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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