Abstract
Prunus mira Koehne, a Prunus plant in the Rosaceae family, is named ཁམབུ། in Tibetan and “Guang he tao” in Chinese. It is mainly distributed in Tibet Autonomous Region, Yunnan Province, and Sichuan Province in China. It is also a rare “living fossil group” of peach genetic resources in the world. It is used in traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of dysmenorrhea, injury, intestinal dryness, constipation, and other diseases, and is used in Tibetan medicine for the treatment of hair, eyebrows, and beard shedding. In this article, the botanical characteristics, medicinal history, modern applied research, and ethnobotanical investigation of P. mira were recorded and evaluated. P. mira was first recorded in Dumu Materia Medica. P. mira in Sichuan Province is mainly distributed in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and has certain economic and medicinal value. P. mira has high nutritional composition. It is made into high-quality edible oil, cosmetic base oil, fruit juice, fruit wine, fruit vinegar, “Liang guo”, and other products. Oleic acid and linoleic acid are the main fat-soluble components of P. mira, which has an anti-inflammatory medicinal value and promotes hair growth. Its longevity and cold resistance can bring great genetic value and play an important role in maintaining peach genetic diversity. At present, there are few studies on the pharmacological effects of specific active components of P. mira and there are also few clinical studies. We can continue to study these aspects in the future. At the same time, products of P. mira have great market potential. All in all, P. mira is very worthy of further research and development.
Highlights
P. mira, a Prunus plant in Rosaceae, is known as Amygdalus mira (Koehne) Ricker
Sichuan Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, and Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture covered most of the production areas of P. mira, so the counties and cities of these three prefectural regions were mainly selected for research
P. mira was first recorded in Dumu Materia Medica, marking its presence in history after 1,300 years
Summary
P. mira, a Prunus plant in Rosaceae, is known as Amygdalus mira (Koehne) Ricker. The ethnic medicinal plants in Sichuan Tibetan areas have a diverse variety, have wide applications and national characteristics, and have an important utilization and development value (Qiu, 2020). Some scholars have determined that P. mira is the original species of peach resources through studies on its distribution and morphological changes of fruit cores. It is produced in Tibet, northwestern Yunnan Province, western Sichuan Province, and other places in China, and the above areas are the origin centers of all peach species (Wang and Zhou, 1990).
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