Plant Details

Accepted name:: Prunus cerasus 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:
aalu-baalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aileyah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alu balu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alu-ba-lu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alu-balu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alu-bu-ali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amarelle cherry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cereja-ácida-européia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cerezo ácido	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cerisier	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
cerisier acide	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cherry	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
cherry gum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cherry juice	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
chulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dwarf cherry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
elavaaluka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
elavaluh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elavalukah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elawaluka	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
ferasayna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ge lase	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
gilaas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gilās	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ginja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
ginjeira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
griottier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
guindo	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
jaman	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karez	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
kerasya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kerrsebere	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
kiraz	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
maraschino cherry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
morello cherry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
olchi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
ou zhou suan ying tao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
pie cherry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
prunus cerasus 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)
sauerkirsche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
sauerkirschenbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
sin tsha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sour cherry	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) 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) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sour karaz	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
surkörsbär	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
tart cherry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
vira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
washna	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
weichsel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
آلبالو	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
الكرز الحامض	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
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)
‫كرز‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
pedicel		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
fruit	liquid expressed from the fresh ripe fruit	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Fruit		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Bark, Stem, Fruit, Root		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
fruit		Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
fruit, bark, fruit stalk, stem, kernel, leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
stem, root, bark, fruit		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024)
bark, fruit, root, stem		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
fruit	ripe fruit	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit	juice	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
fruit	liquid expressed from the fresh ripe fruit	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 156 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cerasus vulgaris Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: Cerasus n.° 1 (1768).
Cerasus acida (Ehrh.) Borkh. Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(2): 38 (1797).
Cerasus acida var. cucullata G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 252 (1864).
Cerasus acida var. flore-pleno G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 252 (1864), not validly publ.
Cerasus acida plena M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 65 (1847).
Cerasus acida var. rhexii G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 252 (1864).
Cerasus austera (L.) Borkh. Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(2): 38 (1797).
Cerasus austera multiplex M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 75 (1847).
Cerasus avium subsp. acida (Ehrh.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 95 (1894).
Cerasus brevipes Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 17 (1808).
Cerasus caproniana (L.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3. 4: 482 (1805).
Cerasus caproniana var. cordigera Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 537 (1825).
Cerasus caproniana var. erythrocarpa Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 144 (1827).
Cerasus caproniana flore-roseo-pleno Van Houtte Ann. Gén. Hort. 21: 141 (1876), not validly publ.
Cerasus caproniana var. gobetta Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 536 (1825).
Cerasus caproniana var. griotta Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 537 (1825).
Cerasus caproniana var. humilis Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 75 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus caproniana melanocarpa Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 143 (1827).
Cerasus caproniana var. montmenrocyana Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 536 (1825).
Cerasus caproniana var. multiplex Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 537 (1825).
Cerasus caproniana var. pallescens Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 536 (1825).
Cerasus caproniana var. persiciflora Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 537 (1825).
Cerasus caproniana var. polygyna Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 537 (1825).
Cerasus caproniana var. pumila Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 75 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus caproniana ranunculiflora Van Houtte Ann. Gén. Hort. 17: 159 (1869).
Cerasus caproniana regalis Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 74 (1847).
Cerasus caproniana var. salicifolia Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 75 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus caproniana var. sativa Delastre Fl. Vienne: 149 (1842).
Cerasus caproniana var. umbraculifera Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 75 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus caproniana var. variegata Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 537 (1825).
Cerasus cerasus (L.) Eaton & Wright Man. Bot., ed. 8: 189 (1840), not validly publ.
Cerasus collina Lej. & Courtois Comp. Fl. Belg. 2: 130 (1831).
Cerasus collina f. albovariegata Pojark. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 10: 562 (1941).
Cerasus collina f. aureomarginata Pojark. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 10: 562 (1941).
Cerasus collina f. flore-plena S.Ya.Sokolov Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 748 (1954), not validly publ.
Cerasus communis Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 14 (1810).
Cerasus conglobata Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 18 (1830).
Cerasus hortensis Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: Cerasus n.° 3 (1768).
Cerasus hortensis var. serotina Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 591 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. illeg.
Cerasus longipes Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 20 (1829).
Cerasus marasca Host Fl. Austriaca 2: 6 (1831).
Cerasus officinarum Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 16 (1809).
Cerasus pendula Liegel Ann. Obstk. 2: 204 (1827), nom. superfl.
Cerasus peracida Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 19 (1830).
Cerasus polygyna DC. ex Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 537 (1825), not validly publ.
Cerasus propera Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 15 (1828).
Cerasus recta Liegel Ann. Obstk. 2: 204 (1827), nom. superfl.
Cerasus semperflorens (Ehrh.) Borkh. Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(2): 38 (1797).
Cerasus semperflorens var. pendula-aurea G.Paul J. Hort. Cottage Gard., ser. 2, 27: 163 (1874).
Cerasus semperflorens var. sessiliflora Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 537 (1825).
Cerasus vulgaris subsp. acida (Ehrh.) Buia in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 4: 851 (1956).
Cerasus vulgaris var. acidula Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 69 (1826).
Cerasus vulgaris var. albidus Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 70 (1826).
Cerasus vulgaris f. aureovariegata (C.K.Schneid.) Buia in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 4: 852 (1956).
Cerasus vulgaris var. austera (L.) Janch. Phyton (Horn) 8: 237 (1959).
Cerasus vulgaris var. austera (L.) Buia in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 4: 852 (1956).
Cerasus vulgaris var. caproniana (L.) Buia in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 4: 852 (1956).
Cerasus vulgaris var. dulcis Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 69 (1826).
Cerasus vulgaris subsp. eucerasus (Asch. & Graebn.) Buia in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 4: 852 (1956).
Cerasus vulgaris florepleno Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 694 (1838), not validly publ.
Cerasus vulgaris f. frutescens (C.K.Schneid.) S.Ya.Sokolov Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 744 (1954).
Cerasus vulgaris var. frutescens (Neilr.) Cinovskis Fl. Balt. Respubl. 2: 123 (1996).
Cerasus vulgaris var. marasca (Host) Buia in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 4: 852 (1956).
Cerasus vulgaris f. persiciflora (Ser.) S.Ya.Sokolov Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 744 (1954).
Cerasus vulgaris f. plena (L.) S.Ya.Sokolov Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 744 (1954).
Cerasus vulgaris var. rhexii Hartwig & Rümpler Bäume Sträucher: 145 (1875).
Cerasus vulgaris f. rhexii (G.Kirchn.) S.Ya.Sokolov Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 744 (1954).
Cerasus vulgaris f. semiplena (C.K.Schneid.) Buia in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 4: 852 (1956).
Cerasus vulgaris f. semperflorens (Ehrh.) Buia in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 4: 852 (1956).
Cerasus vulgaris f. umbraculifera (H.Jaeger) S.Ya.Sokolov Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 744 (1954).
Druparia cerasus (L.) Clairv. Man. Herbor. Suisse: 159 (1811).
Prunus acida Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 7: 130 (1792).
Prunus aestiva Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 356 (1796).
Prunus austera (L.) Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 7: 129 (1792).
Prunus avium proles acida (Ehrh.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 24 (1900).
Prunus avium proles austera (L.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 25 (1900).
Prunus avium var. caproniana (L.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 25 (1900).
Prunus avium subsp. cerasus (L.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 24 (1900).
Prunus avium proles semperflorens (Ehrh.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 25 (1900).
Prunus caproniana (L.) Gaudin Fl. Helv. 3: 307 (1828).
Prunus caproniana florepleno Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 240 (1903), not validly publ.
Prunus caproniana f. salicifolia Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 240 (1903).
Prunus caproniana serotina Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 240 (1903).
Prunus cerasa Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 2: 58 (1763), orth. var.
Prunus cerasus proles acida (Ehrh.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 24 (1900).
Prunus cerasus var. acida (Ehrh.) Willd. Berlin. Baumz.: 245 (1796).
Prunus cerasus subsp. acida (Ehrh.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 149 (1906).
Prunus cerasus f. aureovariegata C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 616 (1906).
Prunus cerasus aureovariegata (C.K.Schneid.) S.Ya.Sokolov Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 744 (1954).
Prunus cerasus f. aureovariegata (C.K.Schneid.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 149 (1906).
Prunus cerasus proles austera (L.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 24 (1900).
Prunus cerasus subsp. austera (L.) Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 4: 128 (1789).
Prunus cerasus var. austera L. Sp. Pl.: 474 (1753).
Prunus cerasus var. bunyardii Ingram Ornamental Cherries: 85 (1949).
Prunus cerasus var. caproniana L. Sp. Pl.: 474 (1753).
Prunus cerasus proles caproniana (L.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 149 (1906).
Prunus cerasus subsp. caproniana (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 313 (1834).
Prunus cerasus monstr. cucullata (G.Kirchn.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 149 (1906).
Prunus cerasus f. dumosa Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 613 (1893).
Prunus cerasus var. erythrocarpus Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 644 (1832).
Prunus cerasus subsp. eucerasus Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 147 (1906), not validly publ.
Prunus cerasus flore-albopleno Hartwig Ill. Gehölzb.: 287 (1892), not validly publ.
Prunus cerasus flore-roseo-pleno Koehne in unknown publication, not validly publ.
Prunus cerasus florepleno Wittm. Deutsche Gart.-Zeitung 1886: 224 (1886), not validly publ.
Prunus cerasus f. frutescens (Neilr.) Rehder Man. Cult. Trees, ed. 2: 474 (1940).
Prunus cerasus var. frutescens C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 615 (1906), nom. illeg.
Prunus cerasus f. globosa (Späth) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 616 (1906).
Prunus cerasus var. globosa Späth Nursery Cat. (Späth) 69: 4 (1887).
Prunus cerasus var. humilis Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 232 (1914).
Prunus cerasus ienensis Bogenh. Taschenb. Fl. Jena: 201 (1850).
Prunus cerasus var. jenensis Bogenh. Taschenb. Fl. Jena: 201 (1850).
Prunus cerasus subsp. marasca (Host) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 213 (1878).
Prunus cerasus var. marasca (Host) Vis. Fl. Dalmat. 3: 258 (1852).
Prunus cerasus proles marasca (Host) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 149 (1906).
Prunus cerasus var. marasca (Rchb.) Fiori in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Anal. Italia 1: 560 (1898).
Prunus cerasus f. marasca (Host) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 615 (1906).
Prunus cerasus var. pendula Focke in W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3: 729 (1892), not validly publ.
Prunus cerasus var. persiciflora (Ser.) H.Jaeger Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl.: 394 (1865).
Prunus cerasus f. persiciflora (Ser.) K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 111 (1869).
Prunus cerasus lusus persiciflora (Ser.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 148 (1906).
Prunus cerasus var. plena L. Sp. Pl.: 474 (1753).
Prunus cerasus plena (L.) H.Jaeger in H.Jaeger & L.Beissner, Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl., ed. 2: 266 (1884).
Prunus cerasus f. plena (L.) Loisel. ex Voss in K.Putlitz & L.Meyer, Landlexikon 6: 347 (1914).
Prunus cerasus var. pumila L. Sp. Pl.: 474 (1753).
Prunus cerasus var. pumila C.F.Ludw. Neuere Wilde Baumz.: 36 (1783).
Prunus cerasus ranunculifera H.Jaeger in H.Jaeger & L.Beissner, Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl., ed. 2: 266 (1884).
Prunus cerasus monstr. ranunculiflora Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 148 (1906).
Prunus cerasus var. ranunculiflora L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1454 (1901).
Prunus cerasus f. ranunculiflora (Van Houtte) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 613 (1893).
Prunus cerasus var. recta (Liegel) Focke in W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3: 729 (1892).
Prunus cerasus var. rhexii H.Jaeger Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl.: 394 (1865).
Prunus cerasus monstr. rhexii (G.Kirchn.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 148 (1906).
Prunus cerasus f. rhexii (G.Kirchn.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 233 (1894).
Prunus cerasus var. rosea L. Sp. Pl.: 474 (1753).
Prunus cerasus var. salicifolia H.Jaeger Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl.: 394 (1865).
Prunus cerasus salicifolia (H.Jaeger) S.Ya.Sokolov Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 744 (1954).
Prunus cerasus f. salicifolia (H.Jaeger) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 342 (1949).
Prunus cerasus f. semiplena C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 616 (1906).
Prunus cerasus monstr. semiplena (C.K.Schneid.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 148 (1906).
Prunus cerasus lusus semperflorens Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 150 (1906).
Prunus cerasus var. semperflorens (Ehrh.) W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 207 (1836).
Prunus cerasus f. semperflorens (Ehrh.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 616 (1906).
Prunus cerasus lusus semperflorens (Ehrh.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 148 (1906).
Prunus cerasus semperflorens (Ehrh.) S.Ya.Sokolov Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 744 (1954).
Prunus cerasus var. typica C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 615 (1906).
Prunus cerasus f. umbraculifera (H.Jaeger) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 342 (1949).
Prunus cerasus var. umbraculifera H.Jaeger in H.Jaeger & L.Beissner, Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl., ed. 2: 266 (1884).
Prunus cerasus f. variegata L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1454 (1901).
Prunus cerasus subsp. vulgaris Voss in K.Putlitz & L.Meyer, Landlexikon 6: 347 (1914).
Prunus laxiflora Kit. Linnaea 32: 602 (1864).
Prunus marasca Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 644 (1832).
Prunus pendula K.Koch Deutsch. Obstgeh.: 167 (1876), nom. superfl.
Prunus plena (L.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 671 (1804).
Prunus recta (Liegel) K.Koch Deutsch. Obstgeh.: 165 (1876).
Prunus rosea (L.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 671 (1804).
Prunus semperflorens Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 7: 132 (1792).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cerasus vulgaris	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Cerasus vulgaris Mill	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
Cerasus vulgaris Mill.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
Prunus cerasus	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Prunus cerasus L.	Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) 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) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in Sardinia & Sicily: Sardinian Subset (Leonti et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in Sardinia & Sicily: Sicilian Subset (Leonti et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in the Medit.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) 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 (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) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Prunus cerasus Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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