- Family:
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Prunus L.
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1500–2680 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Putumayo, Valle del Cauca.
- Habit
- Shrub, Tree.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
[UPB]
The Useful Plants of Boyacá project
- Ecology
- Alt. 1500 - 2680 m.
- Distribution
- Cultivated in Colombia.
- Conservation
- Not Evaluated.
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrub or tree.
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 1500 - 2680 m.; Andes, Valle del Cauca.
- Morphology General Habit
- Arbusto, árbol
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- albérchigo, durazno, durazno camueso, durazno común, durazno de carne amarilla, durazno de carne blanca, durazno melocotón, melocotón
[UPFC]
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Fuel
- Used for fuels.
- Use Gene Sources
- Used as gene sources.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Invertebrate Food
- Used as invertebrate food.
- Use Materials
- Used as material.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
- Use Poisons
- Poisons.
[UPB]
- Use Gene Sources
- Crop wild relatives which may possess beneficial traits of value in breeding programmes (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Native to:
China North-Central
Introduced into:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Baleares, Bulgaria, California, Cape Verde, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Delaware, District of Columbia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Free State, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Libya, Louisiana, Maine, Marianas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Queensland, Rhode I., Rodrigues, Romania, Réunion, Sardegna, South Australia, South Carolina, South European Russi, St.Helena, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- Amygdalus ferganensis (Kostina & Rjabov) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu
- Amygdalus nucipersica (L.) Rchb.
- Amygdalus persica L.
- Amygdalus persica var. aganonucipersica (Schübl. & G.Martens) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu
- Amygdalus persica var. compressa (Loudon) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu
- Amygdalus persica var. nucipersica L.
- Amygdalus persica f. pendula (Siebold) H.Ohba & S.Akiyama
- Amygdalus persica var. scleronucipersica (Schübl. & G.Martens) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu
- Amygdalus persica var. scleropersica (Rchb.) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu
- Amygdalus persica var. stellata Siebold & de Vriese
- Amygdalus persica f. stellata (Siebold & de Vriese) H.Ohba & S.Akiyama
- Amygdalus persica f. versicolor (Siebold) H.Ohba & S.Akiyama
- Persica chinensis Lavallée
- Persica domestica Risso
- Persica laevis DC.
- Persica mammillata Poit. & Turpin
- Persica nucipersica (L.) Borkh.
- Persica pendula Siebold
- Persica platycarpa Decne.
- Persica vulgaris Mill.
- Persica vulgaris var. alba (Lindl.) Holub bis
- Persica vulgaris var. albaplena (C.K.Schneid.) Holub bis
- Persica vulgaris var. atropurpurea (C.K.Schneid.) Holub bis
- Persica vulgaris subsp. atropurpurea (C.K.Schneid.) V.A.Zaiats
- Persica vulgaris var. camelliiflora (Van Houtte) Holub bis
- Persica vulgaris var. densa (Makino) Holub bis
- Persica vulgaris var. dianthiflora (Van Houtte) Holub bis
- Persica vulgaris var. duplex (Weston) Holub bis
- Persica vulgaris subsp. erythrocarpa V.A.Zaiats
- Persica vulgaris var. magnifica (Bean) Holub bis
- Persica vulgaris var. nectarina (Aiton) Holub bis
- Persica vulgaris convar. nucipersica (L.) Holub
- Persica vulgaris var. pendula V.A.Zaiats
- Persica vulgaris var. pendula (Dippel) Holub bis
- Persica vulgaris var. pyramidalis (Dippel) Holub bis
- Prunus daemonifuga H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Prunus ferganensis (Kostina & Rjabov) Y.Y.Yao ex Y.H.Tong & N.H.Xia
- Prunus persica var. aposarca Burkart
- Prunus persica subsp. ferganensis Kostina & Rjabov
- Prunus persica subsp. floriplena Burkart
- Prunus persica subsp. nucipersica (L.) Dippel
- Prunus persica var. nucipersica (L.) C.K.Schneid.
- Prunus persica subsp. vulgaris (Mill.) Dippel
- English
- Common Peach
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Wallich [s.n.], India | K000737221 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [s.n.] | K000737222 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7120] | Amygdalus persica | K001126751 | Yes |
First published in Beytr. Entw. Gewächsreich: 30 (1801)
Accepted by
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