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Almonds and Peaches
Amygdalus
Prunus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs from the rose family (Rosaceae) that produce stone fruits, or drupes. As of March 2024, the genus has about 340 accepted species, including almonds, apricots, cherries, peaches (and nectarines), and plums. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, being native to the temperate regions of North America, the neotropics of South America, and temperate and tropical regions of Eurasia and Africa.
Many Prunus species are widely cultivated for their sweet, fleshy fruit, as well as for decorative purposes due to the colorful seasonal blossom of their flowers. Many species are cyanogenic, making certain parts of the plant toxic. The fleshy outer portion of the fruit can be eaten fresh, while the pit is edible in some species but poisonous in many others. Most Prunus fruit are also made into processed foods and beverages such as canned and dried fruit, juices (e.g. cherry and prune juice), jam, gelatine desserts, and roasted seeds.
41 branches of this group, most-observed first
Peach
speciesPrunus persica
Almond
speciesPrunus amygdalus
Dwarf Russian Almond
speciesPrunus tenella
Chinese Wild Peach
speciesPrunus davidiana
thorny almond
speciesPrunus spinosissima
Wild Almond
speciesPrunus webbii
Mongolian almond
speciesPrunus mongolica
silver almond
speciesPrunus argentea
Arabian wild almond
speciesPrunus arabica
Prunus lycioides
speciesPrunus lycioides
Bokhara almond
speciesPrunus bucharica
Prunus scoparia
speciesPrunus scoparia
Fenzls Almond
speciesPrunus fenzliana
Prunus petunnikowii
speciesPrunus petunnikowii
Oriental Almond
speciesPrunus discolor
Smooth stone peach
speciesPrunus mira
Prunus ramonensis
speciesPrunus ramonensis
Prunus eburnea
speciesPrunus eburnea
Prunus × hybrida
hybridPrunus × hybrida
Chinese bush peach
speciesPrunus kansuensis
Prunus kotschyi
speciesPrunus kotschyi
Prunus georgica
speciesPrunus georgica
Carduchian Almond
speciesPrunus carduchorum
Prunus trichamygdalus
speciesPrunus trichamygdalus
Prunus elaeagrifolia
speciesPrunus elaeagrifolia
Prunus amygdaloides
speciesPrunus amygdaloides
Prunus brahuica
speciesPrunus brahuica
Prunus × rhodia
hybridPrunus × rhodia
Prunus susakensis
speciesPrunus susakensis
Tangut almond
speciesPrunus tangutica
Prunus haussknechtii
speciesPrunus haussknechtii
Prunus × andarobi
hybridPrunus × andarobi
Prunus × insueta
hybridPrunus × insueta
Prunus × yasujensis
hybridPrunus × yasujensis
Prunus × iranshahrii
hybridPrunus × iranshahrii
Prunus zabulica
speciesPrunus zabulica
Prunus erioclada
speciesPrunus erioclada
Prunus pabotii
speciesPrunus pabotii
Prunus browiczii
speciesPrunus browiczii
Prunus kuramica
speciesPrunus kuramica
Prunus boissieri
speciesPrunus boissieri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.807
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.153
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.348
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 886533.