Plant Details

Accepted name:: Prunus insititia L. [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aalu bukara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alabukhara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
allu bukara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alpagoda-pazham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alpagodapndu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alpogade	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alubhokhara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alubokhara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aluka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aruka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhalla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhalluka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bullace	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
damson plum	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nn	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viraruka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viraruruka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virasena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 82 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Prunus communis var. insititia (L.) Huds. Fl. Angl., ed. 2, 1: 212 (1778).
Prunus domestica subsp. insititia (L.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 95 (1894).
Druparia insititia Clairv. Man. Herbor. Suisse: 160 (1811).
Prunus agrestis Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 27 (1868).
Prunus aloocha Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 1: 205 (1835), nom. nud.
Prunus cinerascens Lamotte Prodr. Fl. Plat. Centr. 1: 231 (1876).
Prunus communis subsp. insititia (L.) Syme in J.E.Smith, Engl. Bot., ed. 3, 3: 117 (1864).
Prunus communis proles porcorum Clavaud Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 38: 605 (1884).
Prunus damascena Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 136 (1827).
Prunus damascena Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 7: 51 (1792), nom. nud.
Prunus damascena chlorocarpa Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 137 (1827).
Prunus damascena cyanocarpa Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 136 (1827).
Prunus damascena haemotocarpa Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 136 (1827).
Prunus damascena var. hispanica M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 41 (1847).
Prunus damascena var. hungarica (L.) D.Rivera Varied. Trad. Frut. Cuenca Río Segura Cat. Etnobot.: 216 (1997).
Prunus damascena mera Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 2: n.° 11 (1829).
Prunus damascena var. praecox (L.) D.Rivera Varied. Trad. Frut. Cuenca Río Segura Cat. Etnobot.: 216 (1997).
Prunus damascena xanthocarpa Dierb. Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse: 137 (1827).
Prunus damsonia M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 54 (1847).
Prunus desvauxii Boreau Fl. Centre France, éd. 3, 2: 182 (1857).
Prunus discreta (Rouy & E.G.Camus) A.W.Hill Index Kew., Suppl. 6: 166 (1926).
Prunus domestica var. cerea L. Sp. Pl.: 475 (1753).
Prunus domestica subsp. cerea (L.) H.L.Werneck Mitt. Klosterneuburg 8: 75 (1958).
Prunus domestica var. hungarica L. Sp. Pl.: 475 (1753).
Prunus domestica var. insititia (L.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 678 (1804).
Prunus domestica var. insititia (L.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 484 (1805).
Prunus domestica var. italica (Borkh.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 630 (1906).
Prunus domestica subsp. italica (Borkh.) Gams in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 4: 1109 (1923).
Prunus domestica var. juliana L. Sp. Pl.: 475 (1753).
Prunus domestica var. ovoidea G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 153 (1865).
Prunus domestica subsp. pomariorum (Boutigny) H.L.Werneck Mitt. Klosterneuburg 8: 73 (1958).
Prunus domestica f. pomariorum (Boutigny) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 630 (1906).
Prunus domestica var. praecox L. Sp. Pl.: 475 (1753).
Prunus domestica f. subsylvestris (Boutigny) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 630 (1906).
Prunus domestica var. turonensis Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 533 (1825).
Prunus domestica var. violacea Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 79 (1826).
Prunus dumetorum Lamotte Prodr. Fl. Plat. Centr. 1: 231 (1876), nom. illeg.
Prunus dumetorum Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 26 (1868).
Prunus enucleata var. insititia (L.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 678 (1804).
Prunus hungarica (L.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 676 (1804).
Prunus insititia var. alba Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 592 (1821 publ. 1822).
Prunus insititia aucubifolia Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 640 (1893).
Prunus insititia monstr. aucubifolia (Dippel) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 123 (1906).
Prunus insititia subsp. avenaria Tabern. ex Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 307 (1834).
Prunus insititia subsp. cerea (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 309 (1834).
Prunus insititia subvar. cineracea (Lamotte) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 123 (1906).
Prunus insititia var. cinerascens (Lamotte) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 214 (1878).
Prunus insititia subvar. desvauxii (Boreau) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 122 (1906).
Prunus insititia subvar. dumetorum (Jord. & Fourr.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 123 (1906).
Prunus insititia subsp. dumetorum (Jord. & Fourr.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 214 (1878).
Prunus insititia var. glaberrima Wirtg. Rhein. Reise-Fl.: 67 (1857).
Prunus insititia var. integerrima Wirtg. ex Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 127 (1906).
Prunus insititia proles italica (Borkh.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 123 (1906).
Prunus insititia var. italica (Borkh.) Neuman Sver. Fl.: 346 (1901).
Prunus insititia convar. italica (Borkh.) Dostál Folia Mus. Rerum Nat. Bohemiae Occid., Bot. 21: 7 (1984).
Prunus insititia subsp. juliana (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 307 (1834).
Prunus insititia var. juliana (L.) D.Rivera Varied. Trad. Frut. Cuenca Río Segura Cat. Etnobot.: 212 (1997).
Prunus insititia proles nigra Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 122 (1906).
Prunus insititia var. ovoidea (G.Martens) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 521 (1936).
Prunus insititia convar. pomariorum (Boutigny) Dostál Folia Mus. Rerum Nat. Bohemiae Occid., Bot. 21: 7 (1984).
Prunus insititia var. pomariorum (Boutigny) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 122 (1906).
Prunus insititia f. pomariorum Boutigny Bull. Soc. Dauphin. Échange Pl. 8: 325 (1881).
Prunus insititia var. rubra Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 592 (1821 publ. 1822).
Prunus insititia var. rustica Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 3: 115 (1838).
Prunus insititia var. subsylvestris (Boutigny) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 122 (1906).
Prunus insititia var. subsylvestris Boutigny Bull. Soc. Dauphin. Échange Pl. 8: 324 (1881).
Prunus insititia subsp. turonensis (Ser.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 308 (1834).
Prunus insititia var. villosa Schur Sert. Fl. Transsilv.: 21 (1853), nom. nud.
Prunus italica Borkh. Theor. Prakt. Handb. Forstbot. 2: 1409 (1803).
Prunus italica var. violacea (Risso) D.Rivera Varied. Trad. Frut. Cuenca Río Segura Cat. Etnobot.: 224 (1997).
Prunus juliana (L.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 676 (1804).
Prunus nigra Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 645 (1832), nom. illeg.
Prunus polymorpha insititia (L.) Griess. Kleine Bot. Schr.: 261 (1836).
Prunus praecox (L.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 677 (1804).
Prunus sativa proles agrestis (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 12 (1900).
Prunus sativa proles cinerascens (Lamotte) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 11 (1900).
Prunus sativa proles cinerescens (Lamotte) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 11 (1900), nom. illeg.
Prunus sativa proles desvauxii (Boreau) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 14 (1900).
Prunus sativa proles discreta Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 12 (1900).
Prunus sativa proles dumetorum (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 12 (1900).
Prunus sativa subsp. insititia (L.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 9 (1900).
Prunus spinosa var. insititia (L.) H.Groves & J.Groves Man. Brit. Bot., ed. 9: 107 (1904).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Prunus communis Huds. var. institia (L.) Huds.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Prunus domestica L. subsp. insititia (L.) C.K.Schneid.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Prunus domestica subsp. insititia (L.) Bonnier & Layens	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Prunus insititia	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Prunus insititia L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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