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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Prunus avium

Common Name
Sweet Cherry; Cerezo; Ciliegio Selvatico

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Astringent Elsewhere *
Astringent US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cyanogenetic US *
Gluttony Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Heart Elsewhere *
Tonic Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic Elsewhere *