Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Prunus armeniaca L.
Family : ROSACEAE
Genus : Prunus
Catalan common name : Albarcoquer. Albracoquer.
Spanish common name : Albaricoquero. Demasquillo.
General distribution : Centroasian
Flowering time : February. March. April.
Life-forms : Macrophanerophyte.
Habitat : Cultivated specie.
Uses and properties : Edible or foodstuffs.
Observations : In the cultivated forms one may find all sorts of fruits in distinct colour, size and flavours.
Origen : Centre d´Àsia i de Xina
Location on-campus UIB : Hort de Son Lledó i petit carrer lateral de l'edifici Mateu Orfila.
Description : A small deciduous tree that grows up to 6 m in height. Simple leaves, 5-10 cm, oval or orbicular, finely dentate and petiolated, 3.5 to 8.5 cm in length and 3.5 to 5 cm in width. The obverse is a dark shiny green, without hairs, the reverse has venations with hairs. Flowers emerge before the leaves, and are white or pale pink in colour, 22-32 mm in diameter, with a short peduncle, solitary or in pairs. Fruits are semi-spherical (apricot), 40-50 mm, velvety and reddish ?orange when ripe.
Flowering period : March-may
