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Apricot
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This article is about the trees and their fruit. For other uses, see Apricot (disambiguation).
An apricot (US: /ˈæprɪkɒt/ ⓘ, UK: /ˈeɪprɪkɒt/ ⓘ) is a fruit, or the tree that bears the fruit, of several species in the genus Prunus.
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Apricot | |
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Apricot and its cross-section | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Prunus |
Subgenus: | Prunus subg. Prunus |
Section: | Prunus sect. Armeniaca (Scop.) Koch |
Type species | |
Prunus armeniaca L. | |
Species | |
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Usually an apricot is from the species P. armeniaca, but the fruits of the other species in Prunus sect. Armeniaca are also called apricots.[1] In 2022, world production of apricots was 3.9 million tonnes, led by Turkey with 21% of the total.