Prunus brahuica

Prunus brahuica is a species of flowering plant in the Rosaceae family.[3] It is commonly called mashmonk or mazhmonk and ghorghosthai, is a species of wild almond native to Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is a dense, very thorny shrub 1.5 to 2.5 m tall, with young twigs that are brownish-red on one side and green on the other. It is morphologically similar to Prunus lycioides, P. spinosissima, P. eburnea and P. erioclada. It can be distinguished from the similar species by having an endocarp with reticulate furrows that are visible on the exterior of the drupe.[4] People in Balochistan apply its gum as a treatment for wounded or infected eyes.[5] [6]

Prunus brahuica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Rosales
Family:
Rosaceae
Genus:
Prunus
Species:
P. brahuica
Binomial name
Prunus brahuica
Synonyms
  • Amygdalus brahuica Boiss.[2]
  • Amygdalus afghanica Pachom.

References
  1. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 3:62. 1888.
  2. Flora orientalis Flora orientalis; 1867 645 1872.
  3. "Prunus brahuica (Boiss.) Aitch. & Hemsl". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  4. Yazbek, Mariana Mostafa (February 2010). Systematics of Prunus Subgenus Amygdalus: Monograph and Phylogeny (PDF) (PhD). Cornell University. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  5. Bibi, Tahira; Ahmad, Mushtaq; Tareen, Rsool Bakhsh; Tareen, Niaz Mohamma; Jabeen, Rukhsana; Rehman, Saeed-Ur; Sultana, Shazia; Zafar, Muhammad; Yaseen, Ghulam (23 September 2014). "Ethnobotany of medicinal plants in district Mastung of Balochistan province-Pakistan". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 157: 79–89. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2014.08.042. PMID 25260579.
  6. https://www.gbif.org/species/3023706
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