Biology:Prunus debilis

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Short description: Species of plant

Prunus debilis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species:
P. debilis
Binomial name
Prunus debilis
Koehne
Synonyms
  • Prunus vana J.F.Macbride
  • Prunus williamsii J.F.Macbride

Prunus debilis is a South American species of Prunus. Its phenotype suggests close affinity with three other South American species of Prunus; P. littlei, P. guanaiensis and P. wurdackii.[1] The Jivaro people chew the pulp of its fruit to alleviate the pain of toothaches.[2][3]

References

  1. Pérez-Zabala, Jorge A. (2007). "Estudios sobre el género Prunus (Rosaceae) en el Neotrópico: novedades taxonómicas y nomenclaturales para Colombia". Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 64 (2): 177–190. http://www.rjb.csic.es/jardinbotanico/ficheros/documentos/pdf/anales/2007/Anales_64(2)_177-190_2007_Prunus.pdf. Retrieved 26 July 2018. 
  2. Schultes, Richard Evans; Raffauf, Robert Francis (1990). The Healing Forest: Medicinal and Toxic Plants of the Northwest Amazonia. Dioscorides Press. p. 376. ISBN 9780931146145. 
  3. "SEINet Portal Network - Prunus debilis". http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?tid=49337&taxauthid=1&clid=0. 

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