| Prunus spinosa
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| Fruit
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Angiosperms
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Eudicots
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| Clade:
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Rosids
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| Order:
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Rosales
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| Family:
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Rosaceae
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| Genus:
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Prunus
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| Subgenus:
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Prunus subg. Prunus
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| Section:
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Prunus sect. Prunus
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| Species:
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P. spinosa
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| Binomial name
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Prunus spinosa
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| Distribution map
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| Synonyms
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- Druparia spinosa (Clairv.)
- Prunus acacia (Crantz)
- Prunus acacia (Crantz ex Poir.)
- Prunus acacia-germanica (Crantz)
- Prunus amygdaliformis (Pau)
- Prunus approximata (Giraudias)
- Prunus communis var. spinosa ((L.) Hook. & Arn.)
- Prunus domestica var. spinosa ((L.) Kuntze)
- Prunus ericiflora (A.Sav.)
- Prunus erythrocalyx (Clav.)
- Prunus erythrocalyx var. rubella (Clav.)
- Prunus foecundissima (Clav.)
- Prunus glomerata (A.Sav.)
- Prunus insititia var. spinosa ((L.) Weston)
- Prunus kurdica (Fenzl ex Fritsch)
- Prunus lucens (Sav.)
- Prunus lucida (Clav.)
- Prunus moldavica (Kotov)
- Prunus oxypyrena (Clav.)
- Prunus podolica Andrz.
- Prunus praecox (Salisb.)
- Prunus rubella (Clav.)
- Prunus spinosa f. erythrocalyx ((Clavaud) Browicz & Ziel.)
- Prunus spinosa var. balearica (Willk.)
- Prunus spinosa var. erythrocalyx ((Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Prunus spinosa var. oxypyrena ((Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Prunus spinosa var. pubescens (Ficalho & Cout.)
- Prunus spinosa var. rubella ((Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Prunus spinosa var. stenopetala ((Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus)
- Prunus spinosa var. subcinerea (Cout.)
- Several other varieties of Prunus spinosa
- Prunus stepposa (Kotov)
- Prunus subcylindrica (Sav.)
- Prunus subvillosa (Debeaux)
- Prunus vulgatior var. stenopetala (Clav.)
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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.