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Prunus persica
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Family:
ROSACEAE
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Citation: Prunus persica (L.) Batsch, Beytr. Entw. Pragm. Gesch. Naturr. 30. 1801; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 313. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 439(316). 1919; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 66. 1998.
Amygdalus persica L., Sp. Pl. 472. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Akroot, Ichikkai, Pikkies
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Peach
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Description:
Deciduous tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, to 16 x 3 cm, chartaceous, base narrow, margin serrate-crenate, apex acuminate, crowded apically on branchlets; petiole 1.5 cm, with 2 glands near leaf-base; stipules subulate, glandular, deciduous. Flower solitary, in axils of fallen leaves, 3.5 cm wide, subsessile, appearing in advance of foliage. Calyx villous; lobes 5, spathulate, 3 x 5 mm. Petals 5, rose, obovate, 1.5 x 1 cm, margins wavy. Stamens c. 20, in 2 whorls, by the edge of calyx-tube; filaments of outer whorl 1.5 cm, those of the inner 1 cm. Ovary superior, hirsute outside; ovules 1 or 2, pendulous. Drupe ovoid, to 6 x 4.5 cm; exocarp hairy, mesocarp fleshy and endocarp bony, deeply pitted.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-July
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated in the high ranges
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Distribution:
China, widely cultivated in Asia and Europe
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Rose
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
Yes
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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