| Prunus arabica | |
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| Prunus arabica in Bazoft, Iran | |
| Conservation status | |
 Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Prunus |
| Subgenus: | Prunus subg. Amygdalus |
| Section: | Prunus sect. Amygdalus |
| Species: | P. arabica |
| Binomial name | |
| Prunus arabica (Olivier) Meikle | |
| Synonyms | |
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Prunus arabica is a species of wild almond found across the Middle East. It is a broomlike shrub typically 0.75 to 2 m tall, with brown bark. Its leaves have a 5-8 mm petiole and the leaf blades are 15 to 44 mm long and 3 to 10 mm wide. Its inflorescences have dark red hypanthia and sepals (green on the interior of the sepals), and white, pale pink or pink petals. The flowers are borne on a pedicel about 3 mm long, which lengthens to 6 mm when the fruit is fully developed.
It prefers to grow in arid or semiarid areas at 500 to 2700 m above sea level. A full genetic and morphological analysis suggests that Prunus scoparia may be conspecific with it; certainly it is its closest relative. It is occasionally cultivated for erosion control, as its brushy growth form makes a good windbreak.
References
- Stephan, J. (2022). "Prunus arabica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T61614217A61614220. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T61614217A61614220.en. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- Kew Bulletin 19(2): 229. 1965
- Voyage dans l'empire Othoman, L'Égypte et la Perse, fait par ordre du gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République 3: 460. 1807
- ^ Yazbek, Mariana Mostafa (February 2010). Systematics of Prunus Subgenus Amygdalus: Monograph and Phylogeny (PDF) (PhD). Cornell University. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- Hammer, K.; Gebauer, J.; Al Khanjari, S.; Buerkert, A. (24 December 2008). "Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants". Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 56 (4): 547–560. doi:10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z. S2CID 24454772. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- "Prunus arabica PFAF Plant Database".
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Prunus arabica |
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| Amygdalus arabica | |
| Prunus glauca | |
| Amygdalus glauca | |