Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Prunus angustifolia Marsh.

Family: Rosaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Prunus chicasa Michx., Prunus rugosa Rydb., Prunus watsonii Sargent

Common names:

Chickasaw plum [Chicasaw plum] (1854-Present) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 50, 63, 72, 82, 93, 96, 97, 1107, 109, 113, 122, 138, 155, 156, 158, 164)

Chickasaw plumb (1785) (8)

Indian cherry (1919) (107)

Kande (1919, Omaha-Ponca, Kande-hi translates as Plum tree) (37)

Kante (1919, Dakota, Kante-hu translates as Plum tree) (37)

Kantsh (1919, Winnebago, Kantsh-hu translates as Plum tree) (37)

Meadow plum (1840) (19)

Mountain cherry (1894-1919) (2, 74, 107)

Niwaharit (1919, Pawnee, niwaharit-nahaapi translates as Plum tree) (37)

Osage plumb (1806, Clark) (35)

Prunier de Canada (1785, French) (8)

Sand plum (1890-1937, possibly this species) (97, 113)

Summer plum (1840) (19)

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