Prunus cerasoides Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don (= P. puddum Roxb. ex Brandis; Cerasus cerasoides (D.Don) S.Ya.Sokolov)

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 148

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380

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scientific name

Prunus cerasoides Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don (= P. puddum Roxb. ex Brandis; Cerasus cerasoides (D.Don) S.Ya.Sokolov)
status

 

Prunus cerasoides Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don (= P. puddum Roxb. ex Brandis; Cerasus cerasoides (D.Don) S.Ya.Sokolov)

Name.

English: Himalayan wild cherry.

Range.

Himalayas, China. Reported from Myanmar.

Conservation status.

Least Concern [LC] ( IUCN 2017).

Uses.

Seed: kernel used as remedy for stone and gravel.

Note.

In India the bark is used for venereal diseases, fever, and diarrhea; the seed yields an oil used for stones and gravel ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991).

Reference.

Perry (1980).

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Rosaceae

Genus

Prunus