Plant Details

Accepted name:

Prunus armeniaca L. [Rosaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies:

See all 4

Prunus armeniaca var. armeniaca

Prunus armeniaca var. meixianensis (J.Y.Zhang, T.Z.Li, Xui J.Li & Y.He) Y.H.Tong & N.H.Xia

Prunus armeniaca var. xiongyueensis (T.Z.Li, J.Y.Zhang, Xui J.Li & Y.He) Y.H.Tong & N.H.Xia

Prunus armeniaca var. zhidanensis (C.Z.Qiao & Y.P.Zhu) Y.H.Tong & N.H.Xia

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abricot	Other	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
abricotier	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
aepricot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
albaricoquero	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
almond oil, bitter, ffpa	Other	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
anzu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
apricot	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
apricot kernel	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
apricot pits	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aprikose	Other	Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
aprikosenbaum	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
armeniacae amarum semen	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
armeniacae semen	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
armeniacae semen amarum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
barqouq	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
bin-kuk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bitter almond oil free from prussic acid	Other	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
bitter apricot	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
bitter apricot seed	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
chihri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinese bitter almond	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chuli	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
chulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chulti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common apricot	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
cuari	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
cuaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
culu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
dhulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elk mesmas	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
haeng-in	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
himalayan wild apricot	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
hsing	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
jaradaalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jardalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khubani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khumani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khumani (apricot)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khurmani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khurmani (apricot)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ku sing ren	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ku xing ren	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ku-xinggren	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
kumani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurbani	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
kuxingren	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
maghz badam shirin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maó	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
meliaco	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995)
meshmesh	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
michmich	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
mishmish	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mouchmouch	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
pangamic acid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sakkare baadaami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sal-goo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
semen armeniacae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
semen armeniacae amarum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
shelled sweet kernels of apricots	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
sumani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
touffah armani	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
tuffa-urmena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urumana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild apricot	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
xing	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
xing ren	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
xingren	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
xìngrén	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
zardalou	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
zardalu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
zardālou	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ó mai	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
زردآلو	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
مشمش	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
キョウニン	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
杏	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
杏仁	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
苦杏仁	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
seeds		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Kernel, expressed oil		Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Seed		Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
Seed		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Fruit		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Seed kernel		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ripe seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fruit		Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	dried ripe seed	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
Seeds		Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
nut	oil	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
seed	seed	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
kernel		ISO Catalogue (2009)
Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
seed		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
seed		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Armeniaca vulgaris Lam. Encycl. 1: 2 (1783).
Amygdalus armeniaca (L.) Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 91 (1827).
Armeniaca armeniaca (L.) Huth Helios 11: 133 (1893), not validly publ.
Prunus armeniaca subsp. vulgaris (Lam.) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 630 (1893).
Prunus tiliifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 356 (1796), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Armeniaca vulgaris	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Armeniaca vulgaris Lam.	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Armeniaca vulgaris Lam. var. vulgaris	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Armeniaca vulgaris Lamarck	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Armeniaca vulgaris Lamarck var. vulgaris	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Armenica vulgaris	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Prunus armeniaca	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Prunus armeniaca L.	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Prunus armeniaca Linnaeus	ISO Catalogue (2009)
Prunus armeniaca Linné	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)

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