name: Peach
flavor_db_name_variants: peach
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Peach
id: 149
name_scientific: Prunus persica
description: The peach (Prunus persica) is a deciduous tree, native to North-West China, in the region between the Tarim basin and the north slopes of the Kunlun Shan mountains, where it was first domesticated and cultivated. It bears an edible juicy fruit also called a peach. The species name persica refers to its widespread cultivation in Persia, whence it was transplanted to Europe. It belongs to the genus Prunus which includes the cherry and plum, in the family Rosaceae. The peach is classified with the almond in the subgenus Amygdalus, distinguished from the other subgenera by the corrugated seed shell.
itis_id: 24765
wikipedia_id: Peach
picture_file_name: 149.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 85867
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:30:33.000Z
legacy_id: 158
food_group: Fruits
food_subgroup: Drupes
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:22.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:17.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 3760
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00149