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Prunus spinosa

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Prunus spinosa

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Also known as blackthorn, sloe, Sloe

species of plant

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Prunus spinosa is a species of plant in the family Rosaceae, belonging to the genus Prunus. It is classified within the order Rosales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The species produces blue fruit of the drupe type and serves as the source of sloe. It has been used as a medicinal plant.

The IUCN Red List assessed the conservation status of Prunus spinosa as Least Concern in 2016. Occurrence records are held by institutions including OSU, CM, DBG, DEK, and NHA, with data from the United States, Belgium, Poland, Ukraine, and Australia. The taxon has been described in sources such as the New International Encyclopedia.

Synthesized by Vinony from 38 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, Encyclopedia of Life, Plants of the World, IUCN Red List, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

Prunus spinosa

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderRosales
  5. FamilyRosaceae
Native toAlbania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark
Observations recorded997,373

Prunus domestica Linnaeus var. spinosa (Linnaeus) Kuntze.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,330
With media
1,626
Family
Rosaceae
Collections
OSU, CM, DBG, DEK, NHA, MEL
Recorded in
United States, Belgium, Poland, Ukraine, Australia, United Kingdom
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Encyclopedic overview

Prunus spinosa, called blackthorn or sloe, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is native to Europe and West Asia, and has been naturalized in parts of North America.

The fruits are used to make sloe gin in Great Britain and patxaran in Basque Country. The wood is used to make walking sticks, including the Irish shillelagh.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Prunus spinosa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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