Prunus armeniaca, Amygdalus armeniaca

Flowers are similar in morphology to peach, plum, and cherry. The fruit is a drupe similar to a small peach, 1.5-2.5 cm (0.6-1.0 in) diameter (larger in some modern cultivars), from yellow to orange, often tinged red on the side most exposed to the sun.

Apricot trees grow best in areas that don't get a spring frost since they flower early in the spring and an early frost destroys their flowers.

Dried apricots are a type of traditional dried fruit.

Similar plants:

• Prunus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus, Amygdalus communis (Almond)
• Prunus persica, Amygdalus persica (Peach)
• Prunus webbii, Amygdalus webbii (Wild Almond tree )
• Prunus avium (Wild Cherry, Sweet Cherry)
• Prunus campanulata (Taiwan Cherry, Formosan Cherry)
• Prunus cerasifera, Prunus divaricata (Cherry Plum, Myrobalan Plum, St. Lukes Flowering Plum)
• Prunus cerasoides (Himalayan flowering cherry)
• Prunus glandulosa, Prunus japonica, Cerasus glandulosa (Chinese Bush Cherry, Chinese Plum, Korean Cherry, Dwarf Flowering Almond)
• Prunus ilicifolia (Hollyleaf Cherry, Evergreen Cherry)
• Prunus laurocerasus (Cherry Laurel)