A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.587

v2.c30.587

217 Sū.13.10; 27.132. Identified as the common plum, the fruit of Prunus domestica Linn. (T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar, 1972) or as the peach, the fruit of P. persica Batsch (P.V. Sharma, 1997). An auttarāpathika fruit according to Cakrapāṇidatta, well known in Kārttikeyapura. See on the peach in India: B. Laufer (1967): 539–540; U.P. Thapliyal (1979): 92–93.