"a ripe peach was also a symbol to imply a ripe state of good health. Caravaggio paintings introduce realism by painting peach leaves that are molted, discolored or in some cases have wormholes – conditions common in modern peach cultivation. Peach The peach (""Prunus persica"") is a deciduous tree native to the region of Northwest China between the Tarim Basin and the north slopes of the Kunlun Mountains, where it was first domesticated and cultivated. It bears an edible juicy fruit called a peach or a nectarine. The specific name ""persica"" refers to its widespread cultivation in Persia (modern-day Iran),"
"Prunus sibirica Prunus sibirica, called Siberian apricot (), is a species of shrub or small tree native to eastern China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and eastern Siberia. It is in the genus ""Prunus"" in the rose family, Rosaceae, one of several species whose fruit are called apricot, although this species is rarely cultivated for its fruit. The species was named by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. The species is highly genetically diverse. It grows in the form of a small tree with spreading branches and reaches a height of . It is very frost resistant and can survive temperatures down to ."
"Prunus arabica Prunus arabica is a species of wild almond found across the Middle East. It is a broomlike shrub typically 0.75 to 2m tall, with brown bark. Its leaves have a 5-8 mm petiole and the leaf blades are 15 to 44 mm long and 3 to 10 mm wide. Its inflorescences have dark red hypanthia and sepals (green on the interior of the sepals), and white, pale pink or pink petals. The flowers are borne on a pedicel about 3 mm long, which lengthens to 6 mm when the fruit is fully developed. It prefers to grow in"
"China alone produced 58% of the world's total for peaches and nectarines in 2016. ""Prunus persica"" grows up to tall and wide. However, when pruned properly, trees are usually tall and wide. The leaves are lanceolate, long, broad, pinnately veined. The flowers are produced in early spring before the leaves; they are solitary or paired, 2.5–3 cm diameter, pink, with five petals. The fruit has yellow or whitish flesh, a delicate aroma, and a skin that is either velvety (peaches) or smooth (nectarines) in different cultivars. The flesh is very delicate and easily bruised in some cultivars, but is fairly"
"Persian lime Persian lime (""Citrus × latifolia""), also known by other common names such as seedless lime, Bearss lime and Tahiti lime, is a citrus fruit species of hybrid origin, known only in cultivation. The Persian lime is a triploid cross between key lime (""Citrus × aurantiifolia"") and lemon (""Citrus"" ""limon""). Although there are other citrus species that are referred to as ""limes"", the Persian lime is the most widely cultivated lime species commercially, and accounts for the largest share of the fruits sold as limes. The fruit turns yellow as it ripens, but it is often sold while still"
"seeds is significantly higher and also has potential as a source of biodiesel. Four varieties have been recognized (under the species name ""Armeniaca sibirica""): Prunus sibirica Prunus sibirica, called Siberian apricot (), is a species of shrub or small tree native to eastern China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and eastern Siberia. It is in the genus ""Prunus"" in the rose family, Rosaceae, one of several species whose fruit are called apricot, although this species is rarely cultivated for its fruit. The species was named by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. The species is highly genetically diverse. It grows in the form of"
"title of chapter 40 of his ""Kitab al-Filaha"" as والتفاح الارمني, """"apple from Armenia"""", stating that it is the same as المشمش or البرقوق (""al-mishmish"" or ""al-barqūq""). Accordingly, the ""American Heritage Dictionary"" under ""apricot"" derives ""praecocia"" from ""praecoquus"", ""cooked or ripened beforehand"" [in this case meaning ""early ripening""], becoming Greek ""πραικόκιον"" ""praikókion"" ""apricot"" and Arabic البرقوق ""al-barqūq"", a term that has been used for a variety of different members of the genus ""Prunus"" (it currently refers primarily to the plum in most varieties of Arabic, but some writers use it as a catchall term for ""Prunus"" fruit). The English name"
"Prunus americana Prunus americana, commonly called the American plum, wild plum, or Marshall's large yellow sweet plum, is a species of ""Prunus"" native to North America from Saskatchewan and Idaho south to New Mexico and east to Québec, Maine and Florida. ""Prunus americana"" has often been planted outside its native range and sometimes escapes cultivation. It is commonly confused with the Canada plum (""Prunus nigra""), although the fruit is smaller and rounder and bright red as opposed to yellow. Many cultivated varieties have been derived from this species. It forms an excellent stock upon which to graft the domestic plum."
"Prunus ursina Prunus ursina (bear's plum, ) is a species of ""prunus"" native to the woods of Western Asia from Turkey to Syria and Lebanon. ""Prunus"", from the Latin ""prūnus"" which is a loan from Greek (προῦνον, prounon) means plum tree. ""Ursina"" derives from ""ursus"", a bear, referring to one of a bear's favorite foods. ""Prunus ursina"" is a deciduous shrub to a small tree, reaching 4 to 8 meters in height; it is highly branched and the branches sometimes bear spines. The twigs are velvety and the leaves are ovate to oblong. ""Prunus ursina"" produces white hermaphrodite flowers in"
"Prunus glandulosa Prunus glandulosa, called Chinese bush cherry, Chinese plum, and dwarf flowering almond, is a species of shrub tree native to China and long present in Japan. It is commonly used as an ornamental tree and for cut flowers. It has white or pink flowers - single or double varies with cultivar - that bloom in April. Fruits are dark red. Its height is about and prefers rocky slopes with plenty of sun. Leaves are alternating, pointy, and light green. It is drought tolerant. It is susceptible to mice as well as these diseases: fire blight, leaf spot, die"
"to other ""Prunus"" species are not yet clear, as an initial molecular phylogeny found that various DNA sequences gave ambiguous indications, and it did not appear to belong in a clade with ""Prunus armeniaca"". Prunus brigantina Prunus brigantina, called Briançon apricot, marmot plum, and alpine apricot, is a wild tree species native to France and Italy. It is the only apricot-like ""Prunus"" species native to Europe. The fruit is similar to the commercial apricot ""Prunus armeniaca"", and is edible. An edible oil produced from the seed, 'huile des marmottes', is used in France. Unlike the other closely related species known"
"their sweetness and tartness may vary, their colors varying from bluish-purple to red, orange, yellow or light green. Prunus domestica Prunus domestica (sometimes referred to as ""Prunus × domestica"") is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. A deciduous tree, it includes many varieties of the fruit trees known as plums in English, though not all plums belong to this species. The greengages and damsons also belong to subspecies of ""P. domestica"". Its hybrid parentage was believed to be ""Prunus spinosa"" and ""Prunus cerasifera"".; however recent cytogenetic evidence seem to implicate 2x, 4x, 6x ""P. cerasifera"" as the"
"Date-plum Diospyros lotus, with common names date-plum, Caucasian persimmon, or lilac persimmon, is a widely cultivated species of the genus ""Diospyros"", native to subtropical southwest Asia and southeast Europe. Its English name derives from the small fruit, which have a taste reminiscent of both plums and dates. It is among the oldest plants in cultivation. The species area extends from East Asia to the west of the Mediterranean, down to Spain. The date-plum is native to southwest Asia and southeast Europe. It was known to the ancient Greeks as ""God's fruit"" (, ""Diós pŷrós""), hence the scientific name of the"
"was extensively used by Native Americans. Eastern Native Americans planted many trees giving many places the name of Crab Orchard. The Cheyenne ate the plums, and used branches for the Sun Dance. The Navajo used the roots to make a red dye. Prunus americana Prunus americana, commonly called the American plum, wild plum, or Marshall's large yellow sweet plum, is a species of ""Prunus"" native to North America from Saskatchewan and Idaho south to New Mexico and east to Québec, Maine and Florida. ""Prunus americana"" has often been planted outside its native range and sometimes escapes cultivation. It is commonly"
"Prunus armeniaca Prunus armeniaca (meaning Armenian plum), the most commonly cultivated apricot species, also called ansu apricot, Siberian apricot, Tibetan apricot, is a species of ""Prunus"", classified with the plum in the subgenus ""Prunus"". The native range is somewhat uncertain due to its extensive prehistoric cultivation, though almost certainly somewhere in Asia. It is extensively cultivated in many countries and has escaped into the wild in many places. ""Prunus armeniaca"" is a small tree, tall, with a trunk up to in diameter and a dense, spreading canopy. The leaves are ovate, long and wide, with a rounded base, a pointed"
"more prolific in pollen. Prunus fruticosa Prunus fruticosa, the European dwarf cherry, or dwarf cherry, Mongolian cherry or steppe cherry is a deciduous, xerophytic, winter-hardy, cherry-bearing shrub. It is also called ground cherry and European ground cherry, but is not to be confused with plants in the distinct ""Groundcherry"" genus of ""Physalis"". ""Prunus fruticosa"" is native to Ciscaucasia, western Siberia, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang China, western Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Belarus, Moldova, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Serbia, Austria, and Italy. As a shrub ""Prunus fruticosa"" grows high and as wide, in almost any soil, but best in loamy soil, spreading via"
"× ""P. cerasifera""). Prunus darvasica Prunus darvasica, the Darvaz plum, is rare plant endemic to Tajikistan. It is found in the Tajik portion of the Pamir Mountains, the Darvoz Range. There, the plants grow as shrubs 1.5-2.5m tall. The fruit are small (2cm) but otherwise typical plums, nearly black, with a blue waxy coat. The pit is brown. The fruit is edible and can be made into jam or compote. It is suspected that ""P. darvasica"" is of hybrid origin, as it is a tetraploid with 48 (or 32, depending on the source) chromosomes, possibly the result of ""P. domestica"""
"Prunus fruticosa Prunus fruticosa, the European dwarf cherry, or dwarf cherry, Mongolian cherry or steppe cherry is a deciduous, xerophytic, winter-hardy, cherry-bearing shrub. It is also called ground cherry and European ground cherry, but is not to be confused with plants in the distinct ""Groundcherry"" genus of ""Physalis"". ""Prunus fruticosa"" is native to Ciscaucasia, western Siberia, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang China, western Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Belarus, Moldova, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Serbia, Austria, and Italy. As a shrub ""Prunus fruticosa"" grows high and as wide, in almost any soil, but best in loamy soil, spreading via suckers. Roots are abundant."
"they dominate the stone fruit industry in Western Australia. Prunus salicina Prunus salicina (syn. ""Prunus triflora"" or ""Prunus thibetica""), commonly called the Japanese plum or Chinese plum, is a small deciduous tree native to China. It is now also grown in fruit orchards in Korea, Japan, the United States, and Australia. ""Prunus salicina"" should not be confused with the ""Prunus mume"", a related species of plum also grown in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Another tree, ""Prunus japonica"", is also a separate species despite having a Latin name similar to ""Prunus salicina""'s common name. Plant breeder Luther Burbank devoted a"
"supplying most of the remainder. U.S. Persian lime imports from Mexico are handled mostly through McAllen, Texas. Cultivars include: Persian lime Persian lime (""Citrus × latifolia""), also known by other common names such as seedless lime, Bearss lime and Tahiti lime, is a citrus fruit species of hybrid origin, known only in cultivation. The Persian lime is a triploid cross between key lime (""Citrus × aurantiifolia"") and lemon (""Citrus"" ""limon""). Although there are other citrus species that are referred to as ""limes"", the Persian lime is the most widely cultivated lime species commercially, and accounts for the largest share of"
"Prunus × cistena Prunus × cistena, the purple leaf sand cherry or dwarf red-leaf plum, is a hybrid species of prune-cherry, the result of a cross between ""Prunus cerasifera"" (cherry plum or myrobalan plum) and ""Prunus pumila"" (sand cherry). A leggy bush or shrubby tree, it typically reaches a height of 1.5–2.5 meters and has a useful life of 10–20 years. The fruit are edible, if strong-tasting. Some people make jams or preserves from them. It is not advisable to eat the pits. Frost-tolerant, purple leaf sand cherries can be grown up to USDA Hardiness Zone 2. Commercial specimens are"
"is seedless and particularly sweet, and can be eaten whole. In the Valencia region of Spain, there is a variegated form of kaki called the ""Ribera del Xuquer"", ""Spanish persimon"" (with one 'm') or ""Rojo Brillante"" (""bright red""). Date-plum (""Diospyros lotus""), also known as lotus persimmon, is native to southwest Asia and southeast Europe. It was known to the ancient Greeks as ""the fruit of the gods"" and often referred to as ""nature's candy"". Its English name probably derives from Persian ""Khormaloo"" خرمالو literally ""date-plum"", referring to the taste of this fruit, which is reminiscent of both plums and dates."
"Prunus lycioides Prunus lycioides () is a species of wild almond native to Turkey, northern Syria and Iran. It is a very thorny and dense shrub 0.6 to 1.2m tall. Its bark is gray and its flower petals are pink to deep pink, with its sepals and hypanthia deep red to purple. It is morphologically similar to ""Prunus erioclada"", ""P. spinosissima"", ""P. eburnea"" and ""P. brahuica"". It can be distinguished from the similar species by its longer, narrower leaves, which are linear, linearlanceolate, or linearoblanceolate, and by subtle characters of its endocarp. Adapted to extremely dry conditions, it is found"
"Prunus avium Prunus avium, commonly called wild cherry, sweet cherry, or gean, is a species of cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is native to Europe, Anatolia, Maghreb, and western Asia, from the British Isles south to Morocco and Tunisia, north to the Trondheimsfjord region in Norway and east to the Caucasus and northern Iran, with a small isolated population in the western Himalaya. The species is widely cultivated in other regions and has become naturalized in North America and Australia. ""Prunus avium,"" has a diploid set of sixteen chromosomes (2""n"" = 16). All parts of"
"Prunus mume Prunus mume is an Asian tree species classified in the ""Armeniaca"" section of the genus ""Prunus"" subgenus ""Prunus"". Its common names include Chinese plum and Japanese apricot. The flower is usually called plum blossom. This distinct tree species is related to both the plum and apricot trees. Although generally referred to as a plum in English, it is more closely related to the apricot. In Chinese, Japanese and Korean cooking, the fruit of the tree is used in juices, as a flavouring for alcohol, as a pickle and in sauces. It is also used in traditional medicine. The"
"Heracleum persicum Heracleum persicum, commonly known as Persian hogweed or simply hogweed, is a polycarpic perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae, originally native to the region of Iran (Persia). It grows wild in humid mountainous regions in Iran, as well in some adjacent areas. As a spice, its common name in English is 'angelica,' although it is not related to the genus Angelica. Having been introduced in the 1830s, it has spread across Scandinavia. It is now very common in northern Norway, where it is known as the Tromsø palm. The plant has also been spotted in"
"Prunus salicina Prunus salicina (syn. ""Prunus triflora"" or ""Prunus thibetica""), commonly called the Japanese plum or Chinese plum, is a small deciduous tree native to China. It is now also grown in fruit orchards in Korea, Japan, the United States, and Australia. ""Prunus salicina"" should not be confused with the ""Prunus mume"", a related species of plum also grown in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Another tree, ""Prunus japonica"", is also a separate species despite having a Latin name similar to ""Prunus salicina""'s common name. Plant breeder Luther Burbank devoted a lot of work to hybridizing this species with the"
"Prunus gracilis Prunus gracilis, called the Oklahoma plum, sour plum, and sand plum, is native to the south-central United States (eastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, southwestern Arkansas, northwestern Louisiana). The specific epithet ""Gracilis"" refers to 'slender branches'. ""Prunus gracilis"" grows up to tall, has five-petaled leaves, and fruits ripen June–August. Its red fruits are considered poor for eating, but Native Americans dried them for consumption during winter. It grows in clusters and thickets. It is hermaphrodite and pollinated by insects. It is natively found in various states of United States, from Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, New"
"Prunus darvasica Prunus darvasica, the Darvaz plum, is rare plant endemic to Tajikistan. It is found in the Tajik portion of the Pamir Mountains, the Darvoz Range. There, the plants grow as shrubs 1.5-2.5m tall. The fruit are small (2cm) but otherwise typical plums, nearly black, with a blue waxy coat. The pit is brown. The fruit is edible and can be made into jam or compote. It is suspected that ""P. darvasica"" is of hybrid origin, as it is a tetraploid with 48 (or 32, depending on the source) chromosomes, possibly the result of ""P. domestica"" × (""P. prostrata"""
"Plinia edulis Plinia edulis (formerly Marlierea edulis) is a tree that grows wild in Brazil in the coastal rainforest regions around the Brazilian cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The fruit's local name is cambucá while the tree is ""cambucazeiro"". The name is derived from an indigenous word for jar, ""cambuci"", due to the tree's fruit resembling a type of water container, which some would say is ""flying saucer""-shaped. The fruit's coloration is yellowy-green, size is 6 cm in diameter and taste is sweet-sour. Cambuca fruit taste resemble light combination of mango and papaya. A member of the"
"egg-shaped. The fruits were an important food for Native American groups, such as the Cahuilla. Prunus fremontii Prunus fremontii is a North American species of plants in the rose family, known by the common name desert apricot. It takes its scientific name from John C. Frémont. It is found in northern and western Baja California especially, mostly Pacific and western, and the adjacent area of southern California. It also occurs in northern Baja California Sur. ""Prunus fremontii"" is a deciduous shrub or small tree reaching up to five meters (16 2/3 feet) in height. Flowers are white or pink, blooming"
"Persimmon The persimmon (sometimes spelled persimon) is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus ""Diospyros"". The most widely cultivated of these is the Asian or Japanese persimmon, ""Diospyros kaki"". ""Diospyros"" is in the family Ebenaceae, and a number of non-persimmon species of the genus are grown for ebony timber. The word ""Diospyros"" comes from the ancient Greek words ""dios"" (""δῐος"") and ""pyron"" (""πῡρον""). A popular etymology construed this as ""divine fruit"", or as meaning ""wheat of Zeus"" or ""God's pear"" and ""Jove's fire"". The dio-, as shown by the short vowel 'i' has nothing"
"Prunus microcarpa Prunus microcarpa (small-fruited cherry, Arabic name: كرز صغير الثمر ) is a species of ""Prunus"" native to Western Asia and the Caucasus. ""Prunus microcarpa"" is a deciduous bushy shrub with rigid branchlets. Its glabrous leaves are ovate to elliptic. ""Prunus microcarpa"" produces white to pale pink hermaphrodite flowers in April. The flowers are solitary or in pairs and are 1 cm across. Its 1 cm-long fruit is ovoid and turns yellow to orange, red or black when ripe and may be toxic if consumed excessively. The shrub's fruit can be used to obtain a dark grey to green"