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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

French name

Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Prunus occidentalis Sw.

Rosaceae

SE North America (Central America, West Indies) NC South America (Venezuela)

sci hyg

dr (bark, leaves and fruits decoction taken orally for asthma and cough, flower and leaves infusion taken orally for cold, seed syrup with sugar taken orally for phlegm and cough) fd ma ti

Cerasus occidentalis Loisel. Laurocerasus occidentalis (Sw.) M.Roem.

WestIndies cherry; pruan, pruantree, prune tree, prune-tree (Jamaica); West Indian laurel cherry (Puerto Rico); West-Indies laurel bery; Western cherry-laurel (Puerto Rico); WestIndies Laurelcherry

cerisier à grandes feuilles; amandier, amandier à grandes feuilles (Haiti); amandier noyeau (Dominica)

almendrillo (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); almendrito (Dominican Republic); almendro (Cuba, Dominican Republic); almendro almendrito, almendro macho, almendrón membrillo, calla (Dominican Republic); cuajaní, cuajaní macho (Cuba); cucaracha membrillo (Dominican Republic); elmenacrilo, juba; yaya boba (Dominican Republic)

lamandye gran fèy (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Prunus occidentalis Sw.
Family	Rosaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America, West Indies) NC South America (Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci hyg
Use	dr (bark, leaves and fruits decoction taken orally for asthma and cough, flower and leaves infusion taken orally for cold, seed syrup with sugar taken orally for phlegm and cough) fd ma ti
Synonym	Cerasus occidentalis Loisel. Laurocerasus occidentalis (Sw.) M.Roem.
English name	WestIndies cherry; pruan, pruantree, prune tree, prune-tree (Jamaica); West Indian laurel cherry (Puerto Rico); West-Indies laurel bery; Western cherry-laurel (Puerto Rico); WestIndies Laurelcherry
French name	cerisier à grandes feuilles; amandier, amandier à grandes feuilles (Haiti); amandier noyeau (Dominica)
Spanish name	almendrillo (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); almendrito (Dominican Republic); almendro (Cuba, Dominican Republic); almendro almendrito, almendro macho, almendrón membrillo, calla (Dominican Republic); cuajaní, cuajaní macho (Cuba); cucaracha membrillo (Dominican Republic); elmenacrilo, juba; yaya boba (Dominican Republic)
Other name	lamandye gran fèy (creole, Haiti)
Trade name