Plant Details

Accepted name:: Prunus americana Marshall [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american plum	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
large yellow sweet plum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild plum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cerasus americana (Marshall) Hook. Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 24 (1835).
Cerasus canadensis Loisel. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Arbust., nouv. éd., 5: 3 (1812), nom. illeg.
Cerasus hyemalis (Michx.) Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 538 (1825).
Padus canadensis M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 88 (1847).
Prunus acinaria Desf. Tabl. École Bot.: 179 (1804).
Prunus acuminata K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 101 (1869), nom. illeg.
Prunus americana subvar. acuminata Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 129 (1906).
Prunus americana var. floridana Sarg. J. Arnold Arbor. 2: 113 (1920).
Prunus americana var. rosea Peck Rep. (Annual) Regents Univ. State New York New York State Mus. 47: 153 (1894).
Prunus americana f. rosea (Peck) House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 17 (1923).
Prunus coccinea Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 135 (1817).
Prunus domestica var. americana (Marshall) Castigl. Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 339 (1790).
Prunus hyemalis Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 284 (1803).
Prunus mississipi Marshall Arbust. Amer.: 112 (1785).
Prunus spinosa Walter Fl. Carol.: 146 (1788), sensu auct.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Prunus americana Marsh.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Prunus americana Marshall	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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