Wild Cherry
Other names: Wild Black Cherry, black choke, cabana cherry, virgina prune, rum cherry
Scientific name: Prunus serotina
Common names:
Ayurvedic names: Ajamoda, Padmaka
Chinese names:
Bangladesh names:
Arabic names: الكرز البري (al karaz a barri)
Rain Forest names:
Family: Rosaceae
Approximate number of species known:
Common parts used: inner Bark
Collection:
Annual/Perennial: Perennial
Height: 40 to 90 feet
Actions: Anti-tussive, astrigent, expectorant, astrigent, bitter, pectoral, tonic
Known Constituents: Cyanogenic glycosides, prunasin, coumarins, gallitannins, resin
Constituents Explained:
Description:
A deciduous tree that grows 40-90 feet tall. The bark is rough, dark gray fissured to expose inner reddish bark beneath. The leaves are oval to lance-shaped, blunt-toothed margins; smooth above, pale beneath, with whitish brown hairs on the prominent midrib. The flowers are in dense drooping slender racemes or spikes, blooms April to June. Fruits are strings of small, juicy cherries, dark red turning black, at times nearly black cherries
Traditional Use:
A strong respiratory herb used especially to ease cough and loosen phlegm.1 The bark shouldn’t be boiled.1
Clinical Studies: