Apricot

The Apricot is a fruit-bearing tree of the species Prunus armeniaca, in the same subgenus Prunus subgen. Prunus as the plum, and also the name of the fruit it produces. The apricot tree is small to medium sized and produces a spreading, dense canopy 8-12 m tall; its leaves are shaped somewhat like a heart, with pointed tips, and about 8 cm long and 3-4 cm wide. Its flowers are white to pinkish in colour. The fruit appears similar to a peach or nectarine, with a colour ranging from yellow to orange and sometimes a red cast; its surface is smooth and nearly hairless. Apricots are stone fruits (drupes), and have only one seed each, often called a "stone".

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