Plant Details

Accepted name:: Prunus armeniaca var. armeniaca [Rosaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies of:: Prunus armeniaca L.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abricotier	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
anzu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
apricot	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
apricot kernel	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
aprikose	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
aprikosenbaum	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
armeniacae amarum semen	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
armeniacae semen	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
armeniacae semen amarum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
barqouq	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
bitter apricot	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
bitter apricot seed	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
chuli	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
cuari	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
culu	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
elk mesmas	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
haeng-in	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
himalayan wild apricot	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
hsing	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
hạnh nhân	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
ku sing ren	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ku xing ren	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ku-xinggren	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
kurbani	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
kuxingren	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
kyo-nin	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
maó	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
michmich	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
mouchmouch	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
sal-goo	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
semen armeniacae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
semen armeniacae amarum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
semen pruni armeniacae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
touffah armani	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
wild apricot	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
xing ren	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
zardalou	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
zardalu	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
ó mai	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
キョウニン	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
山杏	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
杏仁	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
杏叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
杏枝	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
杏树根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
杏树皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
杏花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦杏仁	Other	TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
seed	dried ripe seed	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
seed		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
seed	dried ripe seed	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
Seed		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
seed	seed	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
seed		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
seed		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
seed	well ripe seed	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 68 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Armeniaca vulgaris var. ansu (Maxim.) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 31: 188 (1986).
Prunus ansu (Maxim.) Kom. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 22(2): 541 (1904).
Prunus armeniaca var. ansu Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 29: 87 (1883).
Armeniaca ansu (Maxim.) Kostina Trudy Prikl. Bot., Ser. 8, Plodovye Yagodnye Kul't. 4: 75 (1935).
Armeniaca batavica Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 1: n.° 4 (1830).
Armeniaca berricoccia Delarbre Fl. Auvergne, ed. 2, 1: 326 (1800).
Armeniaca communis J.St.-Hil. Expos. Fam. Nat. 2: 193 (1805).
Armeniaca compressa Poit. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 2: 59 (1832).
Armeniaca epirotica P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 2: 167 (1800).
Armeniaca holosericea (Batalin) Kostina Trudy Prikl. Bot., Ser. 8, Plodovye Yagodnye Kul't. 4: 75 (1935).
Armeniaca holosericea var. xupuensis T.Z.Li Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 9(4): 67 (1989).
Armeniaca macrocarpa Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 1: n.° 8 (1810).
Armeniaca malus Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd. 2: 108 (1764).
Armeniaca mongametia Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 1: n.° 7 (1828).
Armeniaca nepaulensis Poit. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 2: 58 (1832).
Armeniaca parisiensis Poit. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 2: 60 (1832).
Armeniaca praecox Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 1: n.° 1 (1828).
Armeniaca tardiflora Poit. & Turpin in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Fruit. 1: n.° 2 (1828).
Armeniaca vulgaris var. albida Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 127 (1826).
Armeniaca vulgaris var. amarella (Rchb.) Buia in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 4: 868 (1956).
Armeniaca vulgaris var. amygdalifolia Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 69 (1877), nom. nud.
Armeniaca vulgaris var. aurantia Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 123 (1826).
Armeniaca vulgaris var. caucasica Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 69 (1877), nom. nud.
Armeniaca vulgaris var. communis (Schübl. & G.Martens) Buia in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 4: 868 (1956).
Armeniaca vulgaris var. conspurcata Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 125 (1826).
Armeniaca vulgaris var. cordata Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 125 (1826).
Armeniaca vulgaris var. cordifolia Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 532 (1825).
Armeniaca vulgaris subsp. cordifolia (Ser.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 28 (1900).
Armeniaca vulgaris var. depressa Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 123 (1826).
Armeniaca vulgaris var. farinosa Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 128 (1826).
Armeniaca vulgaris var. oblonga Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 128 (1826).
Armeniaca vulgaris var. ovalifolia Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 532 (1825).
Armeniaca vulgaris f. pendula Jacq. in unknown publication.
Armeniaca vulgaris var. pendula Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 69 (1877), nom. nud.
Armeniaca vulgaris var. persicoides Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 36 (1806).
Armeniaca vulgaris subsp. pubescens Kudr. in S.N.Kudrjaschev, Plod. Shakhri. 2: 46 (1956).
Armeniaca vulgaris var. rugosa Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 124 (1826).
Armeniaca vulgaris var. rushanica Korsh. ex E.A.Sokolova Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 166: 54 (1986).
Armeniaca vulgaris var. saccharata Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 127 (1826).
Armeniaca vulgaris var. salicifolia Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 69 (1877), nom. nud.
Armeniaca vulgaris var. scaberrima Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 124 (1826).
Armeniaca vulgaris var. subcordiformis Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 128 (1826).
Armeniaca vulgaris var. variegata Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 69 (1877), nom. nud.
Armeniaca vulgaris f. variegata (C.K.Schneid.) Kostina in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 10: 588 (1940).
Prunus amarella Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 646 (1832).
Prunus armeniaca var. alba Skvortsov Lingnan Sci. J. 6: 212 (1928).
Prunus armeniaca convar. budae (Pénzes) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 23: 391 (1978).
Prunus armeniaca var. communis Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 306 (1834).
Prunus armeniaca var. dulcis Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 306 (1834).
Prunus armeniaca var. holosericea Batalin Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 14(1): 167 (1895).
Prunus armeniaca var. minor Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 306 (1834).
Prunus armeniaca var. pendula H.Jaeger in H.Jaeger & L.Beissner, Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl., ed. 2: 260 (1884).
Prunus armeniaca lusus pendula Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 631 (1893).
Prunus armeniaca f. pendula (Jaeger) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 324a (1949).
Prunus armeniaca var. pendula Jaeger Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl., ed. 2: 260 (1884).
Prunus armeniaca var. persicoides (Pers.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 306 (1834).
Prunus armeniaca var. persicoides (Pers.) Hegi Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 4: 1099 (1923).
Prunus armeniaca var. rosea Skvortsov Lingnan Sci. J. 6: 212 (1928).
Prunus armeniaca var. typica Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 29: 86 (1883).
Prunus armeniaca var. variegata Weston Bot. Univ. 1: 224 (1770).
Prunus armeniaca f. variegata (Weston) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 253 (1903).
Prunus armeniaca f. variegata C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 637 (1906).
Prunus armeniaca f. variegata Zabel Handb. Laubholzben.: 253 (1903), nom. nud.
Prunus armeniaca subsp. vulgaris Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 630 (1893), not validly publ.
Prunus armeniaca subsp. vulgaris Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 253 (1903).
Prunus budae Pénzes Bot. Közlem. 35: 325 (1938).
Prunus dasycarpa Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 5: 91 (1790), not validly publ.
Prunus xanthocarpos K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 89 (1869).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Armeniaca vulgaris Lam. var. ansu (Maxim.) Yli & Lu	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Armeniaca vulgaris Lam. var. ansu (Maxim.) Yü et Lu	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Armeniaca vulgaris Lam. var. ansu (Maxim.) Yü et Lu.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Armeniaca vulgaris var. ansu (Maxim.) T. T. Yu & L. T. Lu	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Prunus ansu (Maxim.) Komar.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Prunus ansu Maximowicz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Prunus armeniaca L. var Ansu Maxim.?	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Prunus armeniaca L. var. ansu Maxim	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Prunus armeniaca L. var. ansu Maxim.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Prunus armeniaca Linne var. ansu Maximowicz	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Prunus armeniaca Linné var. ansu Maximowicz	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Prunus armeniaca var. ansu	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Prunus armeniaca var. ansu Maxim.	TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Prunus armeniaca var. armeniaca	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)

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