| Accepted name: |
Prunus virginiana L. var. virginiana |
| Synonym(s): |
-Padus virginiana L. ssp. virginiana
-Padus virginiana (L.) P. Mill.
-Padus nana (Du Roi) M. Roemer
-Prunus virginiana L. var. deamii (G. N. Jones) B. Boivin
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| English names: |
Choke Cherry
Choke Cherry
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| French names: |
Cerisier de Virginie
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
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| OPL Code: |
WPRUVIV
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
1.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Externally, used for WOUNDS. Dried powdered berries once used to STIMULATE APPETITE, treat DIARRHEA, BLOODY DISCHARGE of bowel. Warning: as with P.serotina, seeds, bark, and leaves may cause cyanide poisoning (3,*3). |
| Key Characters: |
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