See other conspecific taxa:

• Prunus armeniaca var. ansu (0 accessions)
• Prunus armeniaca var. armeniaca (0 accessions)

Common names:

• apricot  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• Siberian apricot  (Source: pers. comm.) - English
• abricotier  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• Aprikose  (Source: Zander ed17) - German
• Aprikosenbaum  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• Marille  (Source: Zander ed17) - German
• damasco  (Source: F EntreR) - Portuguese
• damasqueiro  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• abricó  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• albaricoque  (Source: F Int Apico) - Spanish
• damasco  (Source: F EntreR) - Spanish
• damasquino  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• aprikos  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• xing  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Bee plants: honey production (fide F Int Apico)
• Environmental: ornamental (fide Krussmann)
• Environmental: revegetator (for land reclamation fide L. Gilbert, pers. comm. 1998)
• Human food: beverage base (fide Krussmann, F ChinaEng, as Armeniaca vulgaris)
• Human food: fruit (fide Krussmann; F ChinaEng, as Armeniaca vulgaris)
• Human food: seeds (fide Krussmann, F ChinaEng, as Armeniaca vulgaris)
• Gene sources: graft stock relative for plum (fide Breed Pl Tree Crops 214. 2009)
• Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of Japanese plum (hybrids between Prunus salicina and P. armeniaca are known as "plumcots" fide Breed Pl Tree Crops 184. 2009)
• Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of myrobalan plum (based on crossability with Prunus cerasifera fide Acta Hort 290:71-72. 1991)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of peach (fide Pl Cell Tiss Cult 88:289. 2007)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of plum (based on affinities to hexaploid Prunus domestica fide J Integr Pl Biol 55:1073, 1074. 2013)
• Materials: essential oils (fide Pl Book)
• Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide Kingsbury)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• MIDDLE ASIA: Kyrgyzstan
• CHINA: China
• EASTERN ASIA: Korea


Cultivated (widely cult.)

Naturalized

Asia-Temperate

• EASTERN ASIA: Japan


Other (exact native range obscure)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Burkart, A. E., ed. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. 1969- (F EntreR)
3. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002 (Zander ed17)
4. Gilbert, L. 1998. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
5. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
6. Hartmann, W. & M. Neumüller 2009. Plum breeding (Breed Pl Tree Crops) 184.
7. Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 (Kingsbury)
8. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 (F USSR)
9. Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984 (Krussmann)
10. Ledbetter, C. A. 2008. Chapter 2. Apricots (Temp Fruit Cr Breed) 39-82.
11. Liu, W. et al. 2007. Interspecific hybridization of Prunus persica with P. armeniaca and P. salicina using embryo rescue Pl. Cell Tissue Organ Cult. 88:289-299.
12. Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997 (Pl Book)
13. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
14. Mehlenbacher, S. A. et al. 1991. Apricots (Prunus) Acta Hort. 290:65-110.
15. Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
16. Ortega-Sada, J. L. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos. (F Int Apico)
17. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
18. Shi, S. et al. 2013. Phylogeny and classification of Prunus sensu lato (Rosaceae) J. Integr. Pl. Biol. 55:1069-1079.
19. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=29841. Accessed 6 junio 2026.