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(First upload on June 18 2015. Last on April 8 2024) [ 日本語 | English ]

Prunus persica (L.) Batsch






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Prunus L. (サクラ)
Momo (モモ, 桃)/Hanamomo (ハナモモ, 花桃), peach
Lifeform: deciduous, short tree
Distribution: (probably) the highland of the upper reaches of Yellow River, China

probably introduced to Japan in Yayoi Era

Seed dispersal: animal
Use: food (fruit), medicine and gardening
Synonyms:

Amygdalus persica L., when the genus is established

var. compressa (Loudon) T. T. Yü et L. T. Lu (バントウ)
var. nectarina W. T. Aiton (ズバイモモ)
f. stellata (Siebold et de Vriese) H. Ohba et S. Akiyama (ゲンペイキクモモ)
cv. Terute Beni (照手紅)
cv. Terute Shiro (照手白)
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Prunus persica in Hokkaido


ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] in Tonden windbreak forest, North Ward, Sapporo, on July 4 2020.

cv. Terute Beni (照手紅)

ST1 ST2
[1/2] at a greenhouse in Yurigahara Park, Sapporo, on March 17 2024.

cv. Terute Shiro (照手白)

ST1 ST2
[1/2] at a greenhouse in Yurigahara Park, Sapporo, on March 17 2024.

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