Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aaluvaalu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
aileya	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aileyaḥ	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
almond	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
almonds	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
bird cherry	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
cerejeira	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cerezo	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cerisier des oiseaux	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cherries	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
cherry	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ciliegio	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
ciliegio selvatico	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
divlja trešnja	Other	Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
dome gilas	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
elavaaluka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
elavaluka	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
elavalukam	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
elavālukaṃ (seed)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
elavālūḥ	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
elaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
elukākhyaḥ	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
european wild cherry	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gean	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gilaas	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gilās	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
griottier	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
hagberry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
harivaaluka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hegberry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
herzkirsche	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
jeevakamu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kerashiá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
krusabala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
krusbal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mazzard	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mazzard cherry	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
merisier	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
ou zhou tian ying tao	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
prunus avium whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
qarāsia	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
queue de cerise	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
seiyō-mizakura	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
sweet cherry	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
süßkirsche	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
süßkirschenbaum	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
vogelkirsche	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
wild cherry	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yangbeojnamu	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
κερασιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
آلبالو	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
قراصيا	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
گیلاس	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ᾱlbālou	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
pedicel		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Stipites, fructus		Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
Fruit		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
fruit, fruit stalk, seed		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
fruit, fruit stalk, seeds		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
fruit stalks, stem, fruit, pulp, peduncle, seed, bark		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pedicel		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
fruit stalk		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	dried seed	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 218 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cerasus avium (L.) Moench Methodus: 672 (1794).
Prunus dulcis Rouchy Compt. Rend. Assoc. Franç. Avancem. Sci. 6: 592 (1878).
Cerasus anglica Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 27 (1811).
Cerasus anglica var. praecox Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 27 (1811).
Cerasus arduennensis Callay Bull. Soc. Dauphin. Échange Pl. 10: 398 (1883), nom. nud.
Cerasus avicularis Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 301 (1867).
Cerasus avium f. acuminatissima (Kárpáti) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 9: 425 (1963).
Cerasus avium var. albida Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 11: 239 (1965), nom. superfl.
Cerasus avium var. amara Sosn. Trudy Tiflissk. Bot. Inst. 1: 69 (1934).
Cerasus avium f. angustifolia Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 615 (1893), nom. nud.
Cerasus avium var. aspleniifolia G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 254 (1864).
Cerasus avium f. aspleniifolia (G.Kirchn.) S.Ya.Sokolov Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 738 (1954).
Cerasus avium f. brevipetiolata (Kuntze) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 11: 239 (1965).
Cerasus avium f. decumana (K.Koch) S.Ya.Sokolov Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 738 (1954).
Cerasus avium var. dulcis (L.) Sosn. Trudy Tiflissk. Bot. Inst. 1: 69 (1934).
Cerasus avium convar. duracina (L.) Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 28: 106 (1993).
Cerasus avium f. duracina (L.) S.Ya.Sokolov Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 738 (1954).
Cerasus avium proles duracina (L.) Kirschl. Fl. Vogéso-Rhén. 1: 149 (1870).
Cerasus avium var. duracina (L.) Lej. & Courtois Comp. Fl. Belg. 2: 129 (1831).
Cerasus avium subsp. duracina (L.) Janch. Phyton (Horn) 8: 237 (1959).
Cerasus avium var. erythrocarpa Dierb. Mag. Pharm. 20: 30 (1827).
Cerasus avium erythrocarpa Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 141 (1827).
Cerasus avium fastigiata Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 5 (1828).
Cerasus avium var. flava (Mándy) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 9: 425 (1963).
Cerasus avium var. flore-pleno G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 254 (1864), not validly publ.
Cerasus avium grandifolia de Vos Handb. Boom. Heest.: 40 (1887).
Cerasus avium subsp. juliana (L.) Janch. Phyton (Horn) 5: 83 (1953).
Cerasus avium f. juliana (L.) S.Ya.Sokolov Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 738 (1954).
Cerasus avium convar. juliana (L.) Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 28: 107 (1993).
Cerasus avium var. juliana (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 311 (1834).
Cerasus avium proles juliana (L.) Kirschl. Fl. Vogéso-Rhén. 1: 149 (1870).
Cerasus avium var. juliana (L.) Lej. & Courtois Comp. Fl. Belg. 2: 129 (1831).
Cerasus avium f. karpatii (Pénzes) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 9: 425 (1963).
Cerasus avium var. laciniata Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 74 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus avium var. longifolia Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 74 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus avium var. lutea (Mándy) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 9: 425 (1963).
Cerasus avium subvar. lutea Mándy in unknown publication.
Cerasus avium var. macrocarpa Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 535 (1825).
Cerasus avium var. major Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 591 (1821 publ. 1822).
Cerasus avium melanocarpa Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 140 (1827).
Cerasus avium var. melanocarpa Dierb. Mag. Pharm. 20: 30 (1827).
Cerasus avium f. microcarpa Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 11: 239 (1965).
Cerasus avium var. multiplex Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 535 (1825).
Cerasus avium f. nana (Bean) S.Ya.Sokolov Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 738 (1954).
Cerasus avium var. nigra Błoński in unknown publication.
Cerasus avium f. nigricans (Ehrh.) Buia in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 4: 854 (1956).
Cerasus avium var. pallida Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 535 (1825).
Cerasus avium var. pendula (Ser.) G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 254 (1864).
Cerasus avium f. pendula (Ser.) S.Ya.Sokolov Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 738 (1954).
Cerasus avium f. plena (C.K.Schneid.) S.Ya.Sokolov Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 738 (1954).
Cerasus avium var. praemorsa Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 74 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus avium f. pyramidalis Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 615 (1893), nom. nud.
Cerasus avium var. rubra Błoński in unknown publication.
Cerasus avium var. rubrifolia Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 74 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus avium var. rubroactina (Pénzes) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 9: 425 (1963).
Cerasus avium f. salicifolia (C.K.Schneid.) S.Ya.Sokolov Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 738 (1954).
Cerasus avium f. salicifolia Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 615 (1893), nom. nud.
Cerasus avium var. salviifolia Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 74 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus avium var. sativa Dierb. Mag. Pharm. 20: 30 (1827).
Cerasus avium sativa Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 140 (1827).
Cerasus avium f. sphenophylla (Kárpáti) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 9: 425 (1963).
Cerasus avium sylvestris Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 140 (1827), nom. illeg.
Cerasus avium var. sylvestris Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 535 (1825).
Cerasus avium subsp. sylvestris (Ser.) Janch. Phyton (Horn) 5: 83 (1953).
Cerasus avium var. sylvestris-rubra Lej. & Courtois Comp. Fl. Belg. 2: 128 (1831), not validly publ.
Cerasus avium f. varia (Ehrh.) Buia in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 4: 854 (1956).
Cerasus avium var. variegata (Mándy) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 9: 425 (1963).
Cerasus bigarella (L.) Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 8 (1830).
Cerasus bigarella amarella Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 11 (1827).
Cerasus bigarella communis Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 8 (1830).
Cerasus bigarella francofurtensis Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 12 (1811).
Cerasus bigarella magna Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 10 (1810).
Cerasus bigarella rocmontis Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 9 (1830).
Cerasus bigarella rostrata Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 13 (1828).
Cerasus decumana Mord.Laun. Bon Jard. 1808: 103 (1808).
Cerasus dulcis (L.) P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 2: 181 (1800).
Cerasus dulcis proles duracina (L.) Kirschl. Fl. Alsace 1(5): 210 (1850).
Cerasus dulcis proles juliana (L.) Kirschl. Fl. Alsace 1(5): 210 (1850).
Cerasus dulcis proles sylvestris (Ser.) Kirschl. Fl. Alsace 1(5): 210 (1850).
Cerasus duracina (L.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3. 4: 483 (1805).
Cerasus duracina var. cordigera Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 535 (1825).
Cerasus duracina erythrocarpa Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 141 (1827).
Cerasus duracina var. latifolia Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 68 (1826).
Cerasus duracina var. macrophylla Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 74 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus duracina var. mamillaris Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 536 (1825).
Cerasus duracina melanocarpa Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 141 (1827).
Cerasus duracina var. obtusata Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 535 (1825).
Cerasus duracina ochroleuca Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 142 (1827).
Cerasus duracina var. salicifolia Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 74 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus duracina var. tarda Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 68 (1826).
Cerasus heaumiana (Ser.) M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 69 (1847).
Cerasus hortensis var. acidula Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 590 (1821 publ. 1822).
Cerasus hortensis var. cordiformis Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 590 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. superfl.
Cerasus hortensis var. majalis Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 590 (1821 publ. 1822).
Cerasus hortensis var. nigra Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 590 (1821 publ. 1822).
Cerasus hortensis var. parva Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 590 (1821 publ. 1822).
Cerasus juliana (L.) Delarbre Fl. Auvergne, ed. 2, 1: 323 (1800).
Cerasus juliana var. afra Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 64 (1826).
Cerasus juliana var. alba Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 59 (1826).
Cerasus juliana erythrocarpa Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 143 (1827).
Cerasus juliana var. flore-pleno Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 47: 390 (1875), contrary to Art. 23.6. (ICN, 2012).
Cerasus juliana var. heaumiana Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 536 (1825).
Cerasus juliana var. magna Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 63 (1826).
Cerasus juliana var. marasca Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 61 (1826).
Cerasus juliana var. marrona Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 66 (1826).
Cerasus juliana var. matutina Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 57 (1826).
Cerasus juliana var. maura Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 63 (1826).
Cerasus juliana var. maxima Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 62 (1826).
Cerasus juliana var. media Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 62 (1826).
Cerasus juliana var. meridionalis Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 60 (1826).
Cerasus juliana var. minuta Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 57 (1826).
Cerasus juliana var. muscata Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 66 (1826).
Cerasus juliana var. muscatella Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 65 (1826).
Cerasus juliana var. nigra Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 62 (1826).
Cerasus juliana ochroleuca Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 143 (1827).
Cerasus juliana var. pendula Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 536 (1825).
Cerasus juliana var. praecox Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 58 (1826).
Cerasus juliana var. pulchella Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 60 (1826).
Cerasus juliana var. rotundata Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 57 (1826).
Cerasus juliana var. serotina Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 58 (1826).
Cerasus juliana var. uncialis Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 61 (1826).
Cerasus nigra Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: Cerasus n.° 2 (1768).
Cerasus nigricans (Ehrh.) Borkh. Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(2): 38 (1797).
Cerasus pallida (Ser.) M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 69 (1847).
Cerasus regalis Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 26 (1811).
Cerasus regalis var. communis Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 24 (1826).
Cerasus regalis var. praecox Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 26 (1811).
Cerasus regalis var. serotina Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 25 (1826).
Cerasus sativa J.St.-Hil. Expos. Fam. Nat. 2: 192 (1805).
Cerasus sativa var. multifera Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 28 (1807).
Cerasus sylvestris S.G.Gmel. Reise Russland 1: 102 (1770).
Cerasus sylvestris (Ser.) Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 693 (1838), nom. illeg.
Cerasus sylvestris var. amara Sosn. Fl. Gruzii 5: 518 (1949).
Cerasus sylvestris var. dulcis Sosn. Fl. Gruzii 5: 518 (1949).
Cerasus tenera Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 6 (1829).
Cerasus tenera nigra Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 6 (1829).
Cerasus varia (Ehrh.) Borkh. Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(2): 38 (1797).
Druparia avium (L.) Clairv. Man. Herbor. Suisse: 159 (1811).
Prunus avium var. actiana (L.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 616 (1906).
Prunus avium subsp. actiana (L.) Pénzes Bot. Közlem. 48: 52 (1959).
Prunus avium f. acuminatissima Kárpáti Magyar Kir. Kert. Szölész. Föisk. Közlem. 10: 78 (1944).
Prunus avium f. angustifolia Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 615 (1893), nom. nud.
Prunus avium var. asplenifolia (G.Kirchn.) H.Jaeger Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl.: 392 (1865).
Prunus avium lusus asplenifolia (G.Kirchn.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 152 (1906).
Prunus avium f. asplenifolia (G.Kirchn.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 616 (1906).
Prunus avium var. bigarella (L.) L. Mant. Pl. 2: 397 (1771).
Prunus avium f. brevipetiolata Kuntze Taschen-Fl. Leipzig: 274 (1867).
Prunus avium f. decumana K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 106 (1869).
Prunus avium var. decumana (Mord.Laun.) L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1453 (1901).
Prunus avium var. dulcis (L.) Hayne Dendrol. Fl.: 72 (1822).
Prunus avium subsp. duracina (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg (1834).
Prunus avium var. duracina (L.) L. Mant. Pl. 2: 397 (1771).
Prunus avium f. duracina (L.) Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2: 820 (1892).
Prunus avium proles duracina (L.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 24 (1900).
Prunus avium f. fastigiata (Poit. & Turpin) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 475 (1945).
Prunus avium subvar. flava Mándy Magyar Növényvilág Kézikönyve 1: 300 (1951).
Prunus avium subsp. juliana (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg (1834).
Prunus avium proles juliana (L.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 24 (1900).
Prunus avium var. juliana (L.) Thuill. Fl. Env. Paris, ed. 2: 243 (1799).
Prunus avium f. juliana (L.) Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2: 820 (1892).
Prunus avium var. karpatii Pénzes Bot. Közlem. 48: 53 (1959).
Prunus avium var. laciniata Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 230 (1914), nom. nud.
Prunus avium var. macrocarpa (Ser.) D.Rivera Varied. Trad. Frut. Cuenca Río Segura Cat. Etnobot.: 305 (1997).
Prunus avium f. mamillaris (Ser.) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 27: 171 (1946).
Prunus avium var. microcarpa Mart. Consp. Regn. Veg.: 36 (1835).
Prunus avium f. microcarpa Kuntze Taschen-Fl. Leipzig: 274 (1867), nom. illeg.
Prunus avium var. nana Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 230 (1914).
Prunus avium f. nana (Bean) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 341 (1949).
Prunus avium f. nigricans (Ehrh.) P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 2: 520 (2014).
Prunus avium var. pendula (Ser.) H.Jaeger Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl.: 392 (1865).
Prunus avium lusus pendula (Ser.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 152 (1906).
Prunus avium f. pendula (Ser.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 616 (1906).
Prunus avium monstr. plena (C.K.Schneid.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 152 (1906).
Prunus avium f. plena C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 616 (1906).
Prunus avium var. praemorsa Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 230 (1914).
Prunus avium lusus pyramidalis (L.H.Bailey) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 152 (1906).
Prunus avium f. pyramidalis Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 615 (1893), nom. nud.
Prunus avium var. pyramidalis L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1453 (1901).
Prunus avium var. regalis (Poit. & Turpin) L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1453 (1901).
Prunus avium subvar. rubra Mándy Magyar Növényvilág Kézikönyve 1: 300 (1951).
Prunus avium subsp. rubroactina Pénzes Bot. Közlem. 48: 53 (1959).
Prunus avium f. salicifolia Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 615 (1893), nom. nud.
Prunus avium var. salicifolia Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 152 (1906).
Prunus avium f. salicifolia C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 616 (1906).
Prunus avium var. silvestris Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 644 (1832).
Prunus avium f. silvestris (Kirschl.) P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 2: 520 (2014).
Prunus avium var. silvestris Kirschl. Fl. Alsace 1: 210 (1842).
Prunus avium proles silvestris (Kirschl.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 151 (1906).
Prunus avium f. sphenophylla Kárpáti Magyar Kir. Kert. Szölész. Föisk. Közlem. 10: 78 (1944).
Prunus avium subsp. sylvestris (Ser.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 311 (1834).
Prunus avium proles sylvestris (Ser.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 151 (1906).
Prunus avium var. sylvestris (Ser.) Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 644 (1832).
Prunus avium var. sylvestris Dierb. ex Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 155 (1865), nom. illeg.
Prunus avium var. tazekkensis Sauvage Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 25-27: 374 (1949).
Prunus avium var. typica Fiori in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Anal. Italia 1: 560 (1898), not validly publ.
Prunus avium var. variegata L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1453 (1901).
Prunus avium subvar. variegata Mándy Magyar Növényvilág Kézikönyve 1: 300 (1951), nom. illeg.
Prunus bigarella (L.) Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 91 (1827).
Prunus bigarella var. duracina Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 91 (1827).
Prunus bigarella var. juliana (L.) Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 91 (1827).
Prunus cerasus var. actiana L. Sp. Pl.: 474 (1753).
Prunus cerasus var. avium L. Sp. Pl.: 474 (1753).
Prunus cerasus subsp. avium (L.) Brandis Forest Fl. N.W. India: 193 (1874).
Prunus cerasus var. bigarella L. Sp. Pl.: 475 (1753).
Prunus cerasus var. dulcis L. Sp. Pl.: 474 (1753).
Prunus cerasus var. duracina L. Sp. Pl.: 475 (1753).
Prunus cerasus var. juliana L. Sp. Pl.: 474 (1753).
Prunus duracina (L.) Sweet Hort. Brit.: 134 (1826).
Prunus duracina var. erythrocarpa Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 643 (1832).
Prunus duracina var. melanocarpa Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 643 (1832).
Prunus duracina var. ochroleucocarpa Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 643 (1832).
Prunus juliana (L.) Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 643 (1832), nom. illeg.
Prunus nigricans Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 7: 126 (1792).
Prunus nigricans var. dulcis Willd. Berlin. Baumz.: 246 (1796).
Prunus rubra Rouchy Compt. Rend. Assoc. Franç. Avancem. Sci. 6: 592 (1877), nom. illeg.
Prunus varia Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 7: 127 (1792).
Prunus varia var. albida Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 7: 128 (1792), nom. superfl.
Prunus varia var. rubella Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 7: 128 (1792).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cerasus avium	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Cerasus avium (L.) Moench	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Prunus avium	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Prunus avium (L.) L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Prunus avium L.	Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Herbalists in Lebanon (Deeb et al., 2013) Med. Pl. in the Medit.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Wild Med. Pl. Resources in Bulgaria (Hardalova et al., 1998)
Prunus avium Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Prunus avium Linn.f.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Prunus dulcis	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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