EPPO Global Database

Prunus persica(PRNPS)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-11-10

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: PRNPS
  • Preferred name: Prunus persica
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Batsch

Notes

Native to China. Widely cultivated as numerous cultivars throughout warm temperate regions of the world, principally for its fruits but also as an ornamental.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Amygdalus persica Linnaeus
Persica vulgaris Miller

Common names
Name Language
peach English
Pfirsich German
Pfirsichbaum German
pêcher French
pêcher de Perse French
abridor Spanish
duraznero Spanish
fresquillero Spanish
melocotonero Spanish
paraguayo Spanish
prisco Spanish
percoche Italian
pesco Italian
perzik Dutch
perzikboom Dutch
alpercheiro Portuguese
pessegueiro Portuguese
persika Swedish
persikaträd Swedish
momo Japanese
モモ Japanese
персик Russian
şeftali Turkish
afarsek Hebrew
אֲפַרְסֵק Hebrew
brzoskwinia zwyczajna Polish
őszibarack Hungarian
kumbull Albanian
maracatonero Aragonese
melocotonero Aragonese
preixenera Aragonese
presieguera Aragonese
melokotoi-arbola Basque
mertxikondoa Basque
праскова Bulgarian
perseguèr Catalan
presseguer Catalan
táo Chinese
Chinese
sremza  Croatian
broskvoň obecná Czech
alberchigueiro Galician
peixegueiro Galician
aadoo Hindi
आडू Hindi
복사나무 Korean
bok sa na mu Korean
persikai Lithuanian
perseguèr Occitan
presquèr Occitan
broskyňa obyčajná Slovak
breskev Slovene
персик звичайний Ukrainian