Prunus spinosa
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| Internal ID | UUID64403fdc95dee215429945 |
| Scientific name | Prunus spinosa |
| Authority | L. |
| First published in | Sp. Pl. : 475 (1753) |
Ethnobotanical Use Top
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Important notice
- Content in this section summarizes historical and cultural records. It is not medical advice.
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Blackthorn is a familiar hedgerow plant in much of Europe, and several regional ethnobotanical records describe infusions or decoctions of its flower buds, blossoms, or leaves as remedies for colds, fevers, and simple stomach upsets. In Bosnia‑Herzegovina, dried flower buds are made into an infusion used as a mild febrifuge and diaphoretic during colds, a preparation reported by Šarić‑Kundalić et al. in their field ethnobotany of the Dinaric Alps. Across the Aegean, infusions of dried leaves or flower buds have long been taken as a stomachic and to ease mild dyspepsia, a practice noted by Kaya and Tuglu in work on Turkish medicinal plants. In Central Europe, particularly among German herbalists, an infusion of dried flower buds is used traditionally as a mild tonic for the upper respiratory tract and as a gentle diuretic, an application summarized by the European Medicines Agency herbal monograph on Prunus spinosa. For a practical product, a dried flower bud infusion is simplest: use roughly 1.0 g of buds per cup, pour freshly boiled water over them, cover, and steep for about five to seven minutes; for a stronger decoction aimed at fevers, simmer the same amount of dried buds in 200 ml of water for ten minutes, cool slightly, and drink in two doses during the day. Typical dosing is one cup two to three times daily for adults; avoid in pregnancy, follow label guidance, and discard preparations made with bitter almond kernels, leaves, bark, or unripe fruit because of cyanogenic glycosids.
The activity of these preparations is plausibly linked to well‑established constituents of Prunus spinosa flowers and buds, including astringent tannins that can dampen irritation of the mucous membranes, phenolic acids such as chlorogenic and caffeic acid, and flavonoids—quercetin and kaempferol derivatives—reported in European field studies and referenced by Kaya and Tuglu; the dark pigment complex of anthocyanins and the simple sugar derivative amygdalin are also characteristic of this species and present in buds, which helps explain both the taste and the traditional symptomatic effects for colds and digestive discomfort.
Modern relevance follows these lines: recent pharmacological studies on anthocyanin‑rich bud extracts have documented antioxidant and anti‑inflammatory effects that mirror how the infusions have long been used, while the flowers continue to appear in herbal commerce and in some home teas within Europe and its diaspora.
General Uses Top
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Dense, hard, close-grained wood of Prunus spinosa is used for small tool handles, clubs, turnery, and walking sticks. The species also provides living fences and hedgerows for boundary marking, shelter, and wildlife habitat; material for traditional shillelaghs is recorded.
Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
Fruits (sloes) are processed into preserves, jellies, and syrups; they are used as a flavoring in sloe gin (a gin infusion/flavoring liqueur). Fruit pectin content supports jam setting.
Properties relevant to use:
Wood is noted for density and hardness, with a fine, even grain conducive to precise turning and carving. Fruit pectin aids jam formation, contributing to setting quality in preserves.
Sustainability and sourcing:
Widely naturalized and cultivated in hedgerows and smallholder cultivation in Europe; harvest typically involves selective pruning and thinning of hedgerows, consistent with field boundaries and habitat management.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Prunus domestica var. spinosa | (L.) Kuntze | Taschen-Flora von Leipzig ; 1867 274 1867 |
| Druparia spinosa | [Clairv.] | Man. Herbor. Suisse : 159 (1811) |
| Prunus acacia | Crantz ex Poir. | Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 5: 679. 1804 [9 Jan 1804] |
| Prunus glomerata | A.Sav. | Compt. Rend. Assoc. Franç. Avancem. Sci. Assoc. Sci. France 11: 434 (1882 publ. 1883) |
| Prunus ericiflora | A.Sav. | Compt. Rend. Assoc. Franç. Avancem. Sci. Assoc. Sci. France 11: 435 (1882 publ. 1883) |
| Prunus acacia-germanica | Crantz | Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 2: 58 (1763) |
| Prunus curdica | Fenzl ex Fritsch | ; 1892 627, t.1 1892 |
| Prunus acacia | Crantz | Stirpium austriarum fasciculus ; 1762 58 1763 |
| Prunus moldavica | Kotov | Fl. URSS 6: 586 (1954) |
| Prunus stepposa | Kotov | Fl. URSS 6: 586 (1954) |
| Prunus kurdica | Fenzl ex Fritsch | Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. 1 101: 627 (1892) |
| Prunus densiflora | Jord. & Fourr. | Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 24 (1868) |
| Prunus virgata | Martrin-Donos | Pl. Crit. Tarn 21. |
| Prunus amygdaliformis | Pau | Not. Bot. Fl. Españ. 1: 21 (1887) |
| Prunus densa | Martrin-Donos | Pl. Crit. Tarn 1: 22 (1862) |
| Prunus stenopetala | (Ducommun) Manceau | Pl. Phan. Maine 7. |
| Prunus podolica | Andrz. | Enum. Pl. Podol. : 35 (1860) |
| Prunus spinosa f. ovata | Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 19 (1900) |
| Prunus communis | Bab. | Man. Brit. Bot. , ed. 3: 87 (1851) |
| Prunus subvillosa | Debeaux | Soc. Agric. Pyrénées-Orientales 23: 142 (1878) |
| Prunus spinosa f. densiflora | P.D.Sell | Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 2: 520 (2014) |
| Prunus spinosa f. coaetanea | (Wimm. & Grab.) P.D.Sell | Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 2: 520 (2014) |
| Prunus spinosa f. globosodrupacea | Bregadze | Trudy Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Gruzinsk. S.S.R., Ser. Fl. Sist. 28: 70 (1976) |
| Prunus spinosa f. ovalidrupacea | Bregadze | Trudy Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Gruzinsk. S.S.R., Ser. Fl. Sist. 28: 70 (1976) |
| Prunus spinosa f. plano-subgloboso-drupacea | Bregadze | Trudy Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Gruzinsk. S.S.R., Ser. Fl. Sist. 28: 70 (1976) |
| Prunus spinosa f. maritima | Corill., Figureau & Godeau | Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 9: 154 (1987) |
| Prunus spinosa subf. macrocarpa | Petković | Glasn. Prir. Mus. Beogradu, Ser. B, Biol. Nauke 31: 120 (1976) |
| Prunus spinosa subsp. fechtneri | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 25 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa subsp. insititioides | (Ficalho & Cout.) Franco | Nova Fl. Portugal 1: 294 (1971) |
| Prunus spinosa subsp. coaetanea | (Wimm. & Grab.) R.Knapp | Oberhess. Naturwiss. Z. 44: 126 (1978) |
| Prunus spinosa subvar. moldavica | (Kotov) Vitk. | Trudy Prikl. Bot. 52(3): 94 (1974) |
| Prunus spinosa subvar. stepposa | (Kotov) Vitk. | Trudy Prikl. Bot. 52(3): 94 (1974) |
| Prunus spinosa var. coaetanea | Wimm. & Grab. | Fl. Siles. 2(1): 10 (1829) |
| Prunus spinosa var. coronata | (Clavaud) Browicz & Ziel. | Arbor. Kórnickie 20: 142 (1975) |
| Prunus spinosa var. ovaliputaminata | Bregadze | Trudy Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Gruzinsk. S.S.R., Ser. Fl. Sist. 28: 70 (1976) |
| Prunus spinosa var. rosea | (Kawecki) Browicz & Ziel. | Arbor. Kórnickie 20: 142 (1975) |
| Prunus spinosa var. subglobosoputaminata | Bregadze | Trudy Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Gruzinsk. S.S.R., Ser. Fl. Sist. 28: 70 (1976) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. amelanchierflora | (Paill.) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 22 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. dasyphylla | (Schur) Asch. & Graebn. | Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 121 (1906) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. densa | (Martrin-Donos) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 21 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. depressa | (Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 20 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. ericiflora | (A.Sav.) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 18 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. fastigiata | (Paill.) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 22 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. foecundissima | (Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 18 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. lamottei | (A.Sav.) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 20 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. latiflora | (Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 19 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. lucens | (A.Sav.) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 19 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. lucida | (Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 17 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. microstigma | (Paill.) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 22 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. parviflora | (Paill.) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 20 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. pubescens | (Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 20 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa lus. purpurea | (André) Asch. & Graebn. | Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 120 (1906) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. subcylindrica | (A.Sav.) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 19 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. subinermis | (Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 18 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. typica | Asch. & Graebn. | Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 120 (1906) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. vulgatus | Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 16 (1900) |
| Prunus communis prol. depressa | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 38: 600 (1884) |
| Prunus communis prol. erythrocalyx | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 38: 596 (1884) |
| Prunus communis prol. latiflora | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 38: 600 (1884) |
| Prunus communis prol. oxypyrena | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 38: 595 (1884) |
| Prunus communis prol. pubescens | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 38: 599 (1884) |
| Prunus communis prol. subinermis | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 38: 598 (1884) |
| Prunus spinosa prol. ovata | (Ser.) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 19 (1900) |
| Prunus communis subvar. cinerea | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 8: 595 (1885) |
| Prunus communis unranked coronata | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 8: 597 (1885) |
| Prunus communis subvar. ellipsoides | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 8: 595 (1885) |
| Prunus communis unranked foecundissima | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 8: 595 (1885) |
| Prunus communis unranked lucida | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 8: 597 (1885) |
| Prunus communis unranked rubella | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 8: 597 (1885) |
| Prunus insititia var. brachypoda | Borbás | Budap. Körn. Növén. : 165 (1879) |
| Prunus pubescens unranked acuminata | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 8: 599 (1885) |
| Prunus spinosa var. acropyrena | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 24 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa subvar. alba | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 9 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. amphitricha | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 24 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. angustifolia | Wimm. & Grab. | Fl. Siles. 2(1): 10 (1829) |
| Prunus spinosa unranked arborescens | Dierb. | Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse : 135 (1827) |
| Prunus spinosa var. atricha | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 24 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. balearica | Willk. | Linnaea 40: 92 (1876) |
| Prunus spinosa var. brachypetala | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 15 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa subsp. cerasina | Hrabětová | Práce Brnenske Zákl. Ceskolov. Akad. Ved. 30: 244 (1958) |
| Prunus spinosa unranked chlorocarpa | K.Koch | Dendrologie 1: 99 (1869) |
| Prunus spinosa var. cinereo-ovata | Pénzes | Agrártud. Egyet. Kert- Szölögazdaságtud. Karának Évk. 1: 158 (1950) |
| Prunus spinosa var. clavaudii | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 17 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. dostalii | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 19 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. dulcescens | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 19 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. ellipsocarpa | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 19 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. eriophora | Hausskn. | Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins 5: 90 (1893) |
| Prunus spinosa subsp. euspinosa | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 10 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa subvar. euvirgata | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 9 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa unranked florepleno | K.Koch | Hort. Dendrol. : 141 (1853) |
| Prunus spinosa unranked florerubro | M.Vilm. & Bois | Frutic. Vilmor. : 62 (1904) |
| Prunus spinosa unranked frutescens | Dierb. | Syst. Uebers. Heidelb. Gewächse : 135 (1827) |
| Prunus spinosa unranked genuina | Ducommun | Taschenb. Schweiz. Bot. : 195 (1869) |
| Prunus spinosa var. heterochroa | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 21 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. hypotricha | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 24 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. inermis | Tinant | Fl. Luxemb. : 237 (1836) |
| Prunus spinosa f. kefaliana | Pacz. | Beschr. Veg. Gouv. Cherson 2: ? (1917) |
| Prunus spinosa var. leucocarpa | Bechst. ex Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 21 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. lombensis | Nyár. | Kv. Fl. : 303 (1942) |
| Prunus spinosa f. major | Posp. | Fl. Oesterr. Küstenl. 2(1): 235 (1898) |
| Prunus spinosa f. marginata | Wiefel | Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 3: 157 (1885) |
| Prunus spinosa subsp. megalocarpa | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 22 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. microcarpa | Wallr. | Sched. Crit. : 216 (1822) |
| Prunus spinosa f. microsphaera | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 14 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa subsp. moravica | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 22 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. nitidula | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 15 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa subsp. ovoideoglobosa | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 25 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa f. parvifolia | Novák | Preslia 5: 136 (1927) |
| Prunus spinosa subvar. platypetala | Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 21 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa var. plena | Weston | Bot. Univ. 1: 223 (1770) |
| Prunus spinosa var. praecox | Wimm. & Grab. | Fl. Siles. 2(1): 10 (1829) |
| Prunus spinosa f. prorepens | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 13 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa f. puberula | Medw. | Holzgew. Russl. : 275 (1888) |
| Prunus spinosa subsp. rapaicsii | Pénzes | Agrártud. Egyet. Kert- Szölögazdaságtud. Karának Évk. 1: 157 (1950) |
| Prunus spinosa var. rhamnoides | Buchenau | Fl. Bremen : 77 (1877) |
| Prunus spinosa var. rugosa | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 29 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa f. rupestris | Wiefel | Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 3: 157 (1885) |
| Prunus spinosa f. semiglabra | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 17 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. serotina | Weihe ex Lej. & Courtois | Comp. Fl. Belg. 2: 125 (1831) |
| Prunus spinosa f. sessiliflora | Beck | Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2: 819 (1892) |
| Prunus spinosa var. simulans | Murr | Magyar Bot. Lapok 30: 26 (1931) |
| Prunus spinosa var. stenopetala | Ducommun | Cat. Pl. Vasc. Genève , éd. 2: 56 (1861) |
| Prunus spinosa var. sterilis | Lavallée | Énum. Arbres : 70 (1877) |
| Prunus spinosa var. subcinera | Cout. | Fl. Portugal : 307 (1913) |
| Prunus spinosa f. subdasyphylla | Nyár. | Kv. Fl. : 303 (1942) |
| Prunus spinosa f. subepruinosa | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 13 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa subsp. szabadosii | Pénzes | Agrártud. Egyet. Kert- Szölögazdaságtud. Karának Évk. 1: 157 (1950) |
| Prunus spinosa var. thessala | Hausskn. | Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins 5: 90 (1893) |
| Prunus spinosa f. varbossania | K.Malý | Novit. Mus. Sarajev. 6: 3 (1928) |
| Prunus spinosa var. variegata | Zabel | Handb. Laubholzben. : 249 (1903) |
| Prunus spinosa var. vulgaris | Ser. | Prodr. 2: 532 (1825) |
| Prunus spinosa subvar. wallrothii | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 8 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. xanthocarpa | Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 21 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. subcinerea | Cout. | Fl. Portugal : 307 (1913) |
| Prunus erythrocalyx var. rubella | Clavaud | Act. Soc. Bot. Bordeaux : 596 (1884) |
| Prunus vulgatior var. stenopetala | Clavaud | Act. Soc. Bot. Bordeaux : 594 (1884) |
| Prunus spinosa var. longifolia | D.Gut. | Apuntes Fl. Olmedo : 92 (1908) |
| Prunus communis subvar. stenopetala | (Ducommun) Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 8: 595 (1885) |
| Prunus insititia var. spinosa | (L.) Weston | Bot. Univ. 1: 335 (1770) |
| Prunus polymorpha unranked spinosa | (L.) Griess. | Kleine Bot. Schr. : 260 (1836) |
| Prunus spinosa f. acuminata | (Clavaud) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 17 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. brachypoda | (Borbás) Borbás | Magyar Tud. Akad. Értes. 18: 99 (1881) |
| Prunus spinosa var. cinerea | (Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 18 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa subsp. cyclopetala | (Borbás) Jáv. | Magyar Fl. : 592 (1925) |
| Prunus spinosa var. ellipsoides | (Clavaud) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 18 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. oxypirena | (Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 17 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa f. oxypyrena | (Clavaud) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 9 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa subvar. platyphylla | (Gand.) Asch. & Graebn. | Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 121 (1906) |
| Prunus spinosa var. rubella | (Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 17 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa f. tardeflorens | (Bertsch) H.Scholz & I.Scholz | Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. , ed. 3, 4(2B): 500 (1995) |
| Prunus spinosa var. virgata | (Martrin-Donos) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 17 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa var. amygdaliformis | (Pau) Willk. | Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Hispan. : 229 (1893) |
| Prunus communis unranked depressa | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 8: 600 (1885) |
| Prunus communis unranked erythrocalyx | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 8: 596 (1885) |
| Prunus communis unranked latiflora | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 8: 600 (1885) |
| Prunus communis unranked oxypyrena | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 8: 595 (1885) |
| Prunus communis unranked pubescens | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 8: 599 (1885) |
| Prunus communis unranked subinermis | Clavaud | Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 8: 598 (1885) |
| Prunus communis var. spinosa | (L.) Hook. & Arn. | Brit. Fl. : 116 (1850) |
| Prunus communis subsp. spinosa | (L.) Syme | Engl. Bot. , ed. 3, 3: 114 (1864) |
| Prunus ovata | (Ser.) A.W.Hill | Index Kew. , Suppl. 6: 166 (1926) |
| Prunus spinosa f. arborescens | (Dierb.) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 13 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa f. brachypoda | (Borbás) Soó | Nomencl. Borb. : 38 (1931) |
| Prunus spinosa var. chlorocarpa | (K.Koch) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 20 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa f. cinerea | (Clavaud) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 17 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa subvar. coronata | (Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 17 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa var. dasyphylla | Schur | Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 178 (1866) |
| Prunus spinosa subsp. dasyphylla | (Schur) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 15 (1944) |
| Prunus spinosa var. densa | (Martrin-Donos) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 29 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. depressa | (Clavaud) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 30 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. dulcescens | H.L.Werneck | Naturk. Jahrb. Stadt Linz 7: 28 (1961) |
| Prunus spinosa var. ericiflora | (A.Sav.) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 16 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. erythrocalyx | (Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 17 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa f. erythrocalyx | (Clavaud) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 9 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. florepleno | G.Kirchn. | Arbor. Muscav. : 250 (1864) |
| Prunus spinosa var. foecundissima | (Clavaud) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 17 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa f. genuina | Posp. | Fl. Oesterr. Küstenl. 2(1): 235 (1898) |
| Prunus spinosa var. genuina | Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 18 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa subvar. genuina | (Ducommun) Asch. & Graebn. | Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 120 (1906) |
| Prunus spinosa f. genuina | (Ducommun) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 14 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. inermis | Godr. ex Hegi | Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 4: 1103 (1923) |
| Prunus spinosa var. insititioides | Ficalho & Cout. | Bol. Soc. Brot. 16: 97 (1899) |
| Prunus spinosa var. kefaliana | (Pacz.) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 28 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. lamottei | (A.Sav.) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 29 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. latiflora | (Clavaud) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 30 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa subvar. lucens | (A.Sav.) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 8 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa subvar. major | (Posp.) Asch. & Graebn. | Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 120 (1906) |
| Prunus spinosa var. major | (Posp.) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 15 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa f. microcarpa | (Wallr.) Buia | Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 4: 837 (1956) |
| Prunus spinosa var. ovata | Ser. | Prodr. 2: 532 (1825) |
| Prunus spinosa var. parviflora | (Paill.) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 30 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. parvifolia | (Novák) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 29 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa f. plena | (Weston) C.K.Schneid. | Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 628 (1906) |
| Prunus spinosa var. pubescens | Ficalho & Cout. | Bol. Soc. Brot. 16: 96 (1899) |
| Prunus spinosa var. pubescens | (A.Sav.) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 29 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. purpurea | André | Rev. Hort. (Paris) 75: 481 (1903) |
| Prunus spinosa f. purpurea | (André) C.K.Schneid. | Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 628 (1906) |
| Prunus spinosa var. rhamnoides | Murr | Tirol. Anzeiger 1924: 222 (1924) |
| Prunus spinosa f. rosea | Kawecki | Roczn. Sekc. Dendrol. Polsk. Towarz. Bot. 22: 213 (1968) |
| Prunus spinosa f. rubella | (Clavaud) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 9 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa f. serotina | Wiefel | Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 3: 157 (1885) |
| Prunus spinosa subvar. sessiliflora | (Beck) Asch. & Graebn. | Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 120 (1906) |
| Prunus spinosa var. sessiliflora | (Beck) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 14 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. simulans | H.L.Werneck | Naturk. Jahrb. Stadt Linz 7: 28 (1961) |
| Prunus spinosa subvar. stenopetala | (Ducommun) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 21 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa f. stenopetala | (Ducommun) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 14 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. subcylindrica | (A.Sav.) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 29 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa var. subinermis | Moris | Fl. Sardoa 2: 11 (1840) |
| Prunus spinosa var. typica | C.K.Schneid. | Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 628 (1906) |
| Prunus spinosa f. variegata | Zabel ex C.K.Schneid. | Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 628 (1906) |
| Prunus spinosa var. variegata | (Zabel ex C.K.Schneid.) Domin | Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír. 54(27): 21 (1945) |
| Prunus spinosa f. vulgaris | Wiefel | Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 3: 157 (1885) |
| Prunus vinariensis | Hausskn. ex C.K.Schneid. | Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 628 (1906) |
| Prunus spinosa var. oxypyrena | (Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 17 (1900) |
| Prunus spinosa var. genuina | Rouy & E.G.Camus | Fl. France 6: 17 (1900) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| English | blackthorn |
| English | sloe, blackthorn |
| English | sloe |
| Spanish | endrino |
| Spanish | arañonero |
| Spanish | druparia spinosa |
| Spanish | prunus domestica var. spinosa |
| Spanish | prunus spinosa var. typica |
| an | aranyoner |
| an | arañón |
| an | arañoner |
| an | arañonero |
| an | aranyón |
| an | aranyonero |
| Arabic | خوخ شوكي |
| Arabic | جراصيا |
| Arabic | بُرقوق السِّياج |
| Arabic | البُرقوق الشائك |
| Arabic | الخوخ الشوكي |
| Arabic | القراصية |
| Arabic | القريع تُفَّاحي الشكل |
| Arabic | حب المُلُوك |
| Arabic | قراصية |
| Arabic | حب الملوك |
| Arabic | برقوق شائك |
| Arabic | قريع تفاحي الشكل |
| Arabic | برقوق السياج |
| Arabic | البرقوق |
| Arabic | اجاص شائك |
| Azerbaijani | göyəm |
| azb | چاققال ارییی |
| ba | Тёрн |
| bar | schleha |
| bar | schlehdorn |
| Belarusian | Цёрн |
| Belarusian | Сліва калючая |
| Belarusian | Цёрн звычайны |
| Bulgarian | трънка |
| Catalan | aranyoner |
| Catalan | aranyons |
| Czech | trnka obecná |
| Czech | slivoň trnitá |
| Czech | slivoň trnka |
| cv | Кӳкен |
| Welsh | draenen ddu |
| Danish | slåen |
| Danish | slåenbær |
| German | schlehdorn |
| German | schwarzdorn |
| German | straif |
| German | schlehe |
| German | schlehen |
| German | schlehendorn |
| Greek | Τσαπουρνιά |
| Esperanto | prunelo |
| Esperanto | dorna prunuso |
| Estonian | laukapuu |
| Basque | elorri beltza |
| Basque | basaran |
| Basque | elorri beltz |
| Persian | آلو بخارایی |
| Persian | آلوی بخارایی |
| Finnish | oratuomi |
| French | epine noire |
| French | prunellier |
| French | Épine noire |
| French | prunelier |
| frp | belociér |
| frr | sleesuurn |
| fur | sespâr |
| fur | bromp |
| fur | brugnul |
| fur | brugnulâr |
| fur | cespâr |
| fur | cespe |
| fur | ciespe |
| fur | sespe |
| fur | siespe |
| Irish | draighean |
| gd | Àirne |
| gd | airne |
| Galician | abruñeiro |
| Galician | abruñeira |
| Manx | drine airn |
| Hebrew | סלו |
| Croatian | trnina |
| Upper Sorbian | dorničel |
| Upper Sorbian | dorničałka |
| Upper Sorbian | dornyk |
| Upper Sorbian | raćešin |
| Upper Sorbian | wulki hłohonc |
| Hungarian | kökény |
| Armenian | Մամուխ |
| Armenian | Մամխենի |
| Armenian | մամուխ |
| Indonesian | sloe |
| io | prunelo |
| Italian | prugnolo |
| Italian | prugno spinoso |
| Japanese | スピノサスモモ |
| Georgian | კვრინჩხი |
| Kabyle | lberquq n tɣeṭṭen |
| kbd | Пыжъ |
| kbd | Пыжь |
| Kazakh | Тікенді қараөрік |
| Korean | 블랙손 |
| lb | scghléiwen |
| lb | schléif |
| li | sjlièkreek |
| li | sjlieëdaoën |
| li | sjlièkrekel |
| li | sleedoorn |
| Lithuanian | dygioji slyva |
| Latvian | Ērkšķu plūme |
| Macedonian | Трнинка |
| Macedonian | трнинка |
| mwl | bruneiro |
| Norwegian Bokmål | slåpetorn |
| Norwegian Bokmål | slåper |
| Dutch | sleedoorn |
| oc | agrenièr |
| os | Какон |
| os | Какæттæ |
| os | Какон сындз |
| os | Каконсындз |
| os | Кокойнæ |
| os | Кокойнæ синдзæ |
| os | Къуырынцхы |
| os | какæттæ |
| os | какон сындз |
| os | каконсындз |
| os | кокойнæ |
| os | кокойнæ синдзæ |
| os | къуырынцхы |
| os | какон |
| pcd | crékier |
| Polish | śliwa tarnina |
| Polish | Śliwa tarnina |
| Portuguese | abrunheiro |
| Portuguese | abrunho |
| Portuguese | brunheiro |
| Portuguese | espinheiro |
| Romanian | porumbar |
| rsk | Тарки |
| Russian | Тёрн |
| Russian | Терн |
| Russian | Слива колючая |
| Russian | Терн колючий |
| Russian | Терновник |
| Russian | Терновый куст |
| Russian | тёрн |
| scn | prignolu |
| scn | avrignuolu |
| scn | brignolu |
| Samogitian | krīgė |
| Serbo-Croatian | trnina |
| Slovak | slivka trnková |
| Slovenian | Črni trn |
| Slovenian | kökény |
| Slovenian | črni trn |
| Serbian | Трњина |
| stq | släieboom |
| Swedish | slån |
| Swedish | slånbär |
| Swedish | slånbärsbuske |
| Turkish | Çakal eriği |
| udm | ӟурзек |
| udm | тёрнпу |
| udm | тёрн |
| Ukrainian | Терен |
| Ukrainian | Терен звичайний |
| Ukrainian | Терен колючий |
| Ukrainian | prunus moldavica |
| Vietnamese | mận gai |
| vls | sleedôorn |
| Walloon | purnalî |
| Walloon | noere sipene |
| Walloon | purnale |
| Chinese | 杏李 |
| Chinese | 黑刺李 |
| Chinese | 刺李 |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
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| World Flora Online | wfo-0001007437 |
| UNII | 5342MY2M3P |
| Canadensys | 8877 |
| USDA Plants | PRSP |
| Tropicos | 27800136 |
| INPN | 116142 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:730297-1 |
| The Plant List | rjp-43 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 470244 |
| Observations.org | 7270 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 114937 |
| NBN Atlas | NBNSYS0000003412 |
| Nature Serve | 2.161267 |
| IUCN Red List | 172194 |
| IPNI | 730297-1 |
| iNaturalist | 55811 |
| GBIF | 3023221 |
| Freebase | /m/029djm |
| EPPO | PRNSN |
| EOL | 632461 |
| Elurikkus | 6597 |
| USDA GRIN | 30116 |
| Wikipedia | Prunus_spinosa |
| Tropicos | 27804702 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:730309-1 |
| The Plant List | rjp-15712 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 3902764 |
| Observations.org | 145870 |
| IPNI | 730309-1 |
| iNaturalist | 876384 |
| GBIF | 3020616 |
| EOL | 632466 |
| Elurikkus | 671630 |
| USDA GRIN | 30121 |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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