Peach
ಪೀಚ್आड़ूகுழிப்பேரி பழம்
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 6.1 m
- wide
- 6.1 m
Rosaceae
Also called Peaches and nectarines, Nectarine, Flat Peach
Formerly Amygdalus ferganensis, Amygdalus laevis, Amygdalus nucipersica, Amygdalus persica, and 11 more
When it flowers
Flowers August and November to February in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- As a cultigen from NC. ChinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 4.6 m to 7.6 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 4.6 m to 7.6 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -28.9 °C (USDA zone 5a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
American black nightshadeFlowers March to July and September to October, when this does not
Bull ThistleFlowers March to July and September to October, when this does not
Common Cat's-earFlowers March to July and September to October, when this does not
Common Sow-thistleFlowers March to July and September to October, when this does not
Cowpen daisyFlowers March to July and September to October, when this does not
FeverfewFlowers March to July and September to October, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Durazno, Duraznero, Melocotón
- root
- ishi, ndora, pahsh
- Chinese
- 桃花, 桃, 蟠桃
- Portuguese
- Pessegueiro, Pêssego, Pavieira
- Hawaiian
- Piki
- Czech
- broskvoň obecná
- French
- Pêcher, Pêcher commun, Pêche plate
- Dutch
- Perzik
- Estonian
- harilik virsikupuu
- Korean
- 복사나무, 복숭아
- Norwegian Bokmål
- fersken
- Russian
- Персик обыкновенный, Персик
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Prunus persica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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