Pru·nus vir·gi·ni·an·a

1. wild black cherry bark, the bark of Prunus serotina, used as a tonic and in cough mixtures as a bronchial sedative;

2. the choke cherry; the chief substitute and adulterant of Prunus serotina.

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

A deciduous shrub, the bark of which contains coumarins, cyanogenic glycosides, prussic acid, tannins, and volatile oil; it is antitussive, and an ingredient of cough syrups
Toxicity The pits and leaves contain hydrocyanic acid—which metabolizes to cyanide, causing incoordination, imbalance, possibly death

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serotina, 210 134 70 362 1997 Catalina, Prunus lyonii, 1992 120 41 55 175 Chokecherry, common (typ.), 1999 168 74 88 264 Prunus virginiana var.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER of BIG TREES 2000-01

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