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An apricot (US: / ˈ æ p r ɪ k ɒ t / ⓘ, UK: / ˈ eɪ p r ɪ k ɒ t / ⓘ) is a fruit, or the tree that bears the fruit, of several species in the genus Prunus.. Usually an apricot is from the species P. armeniaca, but the fruits of the other species in Prunus sect. Armeniaca are also called apricots. [1]
The term "Expert of the Apricot Grove" (杏林高手) is still used as a poetic reference to physicians. [citation needed] In Armenia, the wood of the apricot tree is used for making wood carvings such as the duduk, which is a popular wind instrument in Armenia and is also called "apricot pipe" (Armenian: ծիրանափող, romanized: ciranap ...
English: A cluster of fruits on a apricot tree (Prunus armeniaca var.) in Bademdere Village in Çamardı - Niğde, Turkey. Türkçe: Bademdere Köyü'nde bir kayısı ağacında ( Prunus armeniaca var. ) meyveler. Çamardı - Niğde, Türkiye.
Prunus sibirica, commonly known as Siberian apricot, is a species of shrub or small tree native to northern China, Korea, Mongolia, and eastern Siberia.It is classified in the rose family, Rosaceae, and is one of several species whose fruit are called apricot, although this species is rarely cultivated for its fruit.
Mammea americana, commonly known as mammee, mammee apple, mamey, mamey apple, Santo Domingo apricot, tropical apricot, [1] or South American apricot, is an evergreen tree of the family Calophyllaceae, whose fruit is edible. It has also been classified as belonging to the family Guttiferae Juss.
Prunus mandshurica, also called Manchurian apricot and scout apricot, [citation needed] is a tree in the genus Prunus. It was first described by Karl Maximovich in 1883 as a variety of the Siberian apricot (Tibetan apricot) Prunus armeniaca. [3] It is resistant to cold and is native to northeast China, Korea, and Manchuria.
Prunus fremontii is a North American species of plants in the rose family, known by the common name desert apricot. [3] It takes its scientific name from John C. Frémont . [ 4 ] It is found in northern and western Baja California especially, mostly Pacific and western, and the adjacent area of southern California .
Byrsonima crassifolia is a slow-growing large shrub or tree to 10 metres (33 ft). Sometimes cultivated for its edible fruits, the tree is native and abundant in the wild, sometimes in extensive stands, in open pine forests and grassy savannas, from central Mexico, through Central America, to Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil; it also occurs in Trinidad, Barbados, Curaçao, St. Martin ...