Prunus persica
Citation:
Batsch, Beytr. Entw. Pragm. Gesch. Nat.-Reiche 1:30 (1801).
Synonymy: Amygdalus persica L., Sp. Pl. 472 (1753).
Common name: None
Description:
Tree, unarmed, deciduous; twigs and young shoots sparsely pubescent soon glabrous; leaves entire, lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, glandular-serrate; stipules caducous; petiole relatively short, with 2 or 3 glands towards the summit and on the base of the blade.
Flowers solitary or 2 together, sessile or shortly pedicellate, usually produced before the leaves; calyx lobes spreading, pubescent; petals usually pink or reddish-pink; stamens numerous; ovary superior, style simple.
Fruit a subglobose drupe, usually yellow flushed red, mesocarp succulent, endocarp 'stone' deeply rugose, apex some-times acuminate.
Distribution:
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Possibly native to China.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: No flowering time is available |
SA Distribution Map based
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specimens held in the
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Biology:
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Author:
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