Taxon:
Prunus domestica L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:475. 1753
Verified:
04/07/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
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Common names
English
wild plum – Portuguese (Brazil)
ameixa-comum – ameixa-européia – ameixa-preta – ameixa-roxa – ameixa-vermela – Swedish
plommon – Transcribed Chinese
ou zhou li –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. |
6 | Other | | | | | probable origin Eurasia |
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
(widely natzd.)
Other
(probable origin Eurasia)
Economic Uses
Human food
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) – Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Cooper & Johnson ed2) –