Amygdalus Persica.—Peach Tree.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch.
Engl.: peach.
Deu.: Pfirsich, Pfirsichbaum.
Sven.: persika.
Suom.: persikka.
Bot. syn.: Amygdalus persica L., Persica vulgaris P. Mill.
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Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Elizabeth Blackwell, 1737 (Vol. 1), 1739 (Vol. 2).
Classic texts: The American Eclectic Dispensatory, by John King, 1854.
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Classic texts: Rafinesque 1828-1830.
Classic texts: Eli Jones' Definite Medication, 1911.
'Armsden'. Branches in green fruit. Uppsala bot. g., Sweden. Potted. 2003-06-23.
Classic texts: Scudder's Materia Medica, 1898: Sedatives.
Classic texts: Scudder's Materia Medica, 1898: Emetics.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Scudder 1870.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Classic texts: Petersen 1905.
Classic texts: Felter 1922.
Classic texts: Ellingwood 1919.
Classic texts: Cook 1869.
Classic texts: Boericke 1901.
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