Prunus persica (L.) Batsch
First published in Beytr. Entw. Gewächsreich: 30 (1801)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is a cultigen from N. Central China. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as a poison, a medicine and invertebrate food, has environmental uses and for fuel and food.
Descriptions
- 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.
The Useful Plants of Boyacá project
- Ecology
- Alt. 1500 - 2680 m.
- Distribution
- Cultivated in Colombia.
- Conservation
- Not Evaluated.
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrub or tree.
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
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
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/50394022/50394025
- Conservation
- DD - data deficient
Uses
- 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.
- Use Gene Sources
- Crop wild relatives which may possess beneficial traits of value in breeding programmes (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Common Names
- English
- Common Peach
Sources
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Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
- ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- ColPlantA database
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
- ColPlantA database
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0