Apricot (Prunus armeniaca)

Family: Rosaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Bloom Color: Pink. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries, Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

delicious rich flavour. — Fruit - raw, cooked or dried for later use.; The best forms are soft and juicy with a delicious rich flavour.; Wild trees in the Himalayas yield about 47.5kg of fruit per year.The fruit of the wild form contains about 6.3% sugars, 0.7% protein, 2.5% ash, 2.5% pectin.; There is about 10mg vitamin C per 100g of pulp.

Habitat & North American Range

Most trees growing apparently wild have escaped from cultivation but there are pure stands of the trees in Tibet on mountain slopes in sparse forests at elevations of 700 - 3000 metres. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7)