Rosaceae

Persica vulgaris

Persica vulgaris

Persica DUHAMEL Persica vulgaris MILLER Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: çalı veya ağaççık Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 3 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 4 Habitat: kültür Minimum yükseklik: -1 Maksimum yükseklik: -1 Endemik: - Element: ? Türkiye dağılımı: Türkiye Genel dağılımı: Çin, Asya, Avrupa ve K. Afrika Bulunduğu kareler :A6 B7

P. vulgaris Miller, Gard. Dict. ed. 8: no. 1 (1768). Syn: Amygdalus persica L., Sp. PI. 472 (1753); Prunus persica (L.) Batsch, Beytr. Entw. Pragm. Gesch. Nat.-Reiche 1:30 (1801). Ic: Hegi, I11. Fl. Mittel-Eur. 4(2): t. 1253 (İ922).   Shrub or small tree up to 8 m; bark grey-brown, splitting: young shoots glabrous. Leaves lanceolate-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, up to 16 x 3.5 cm, glandular-serrulate to eglandular-serrate, glabrous above, sparsely hairy on the underside of the midrib. Flowers pink to red, or sometimes white, 2.5-3.5 cm diam.; hypanthium urceolate. Drupe usually subglobose, 5-7 cm diam.; greenish-white to orange-yellow with a reddish cheek, tomentose, occasionally glabrous. Stone elliptic to round, deeply grooved, ribbed or pitted. Fl. 3-4. A6 Samsun: Samsun, 30 m. Tobey 1541, 1542! B7 Malatya: Malatya, Ajtai-Kavach (Akçadağ), anon!   Widely cultivated in Turkey for its edible fruit, the Peach (in Turkish -Şeftali); Bursa in particular is famous for its peaches. Originated in China; long cultivated in Asia, Europe and N. Africa.