Apricot

Apricot
	Apricot and its cross-section
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Prunus sect. Armeniaca

An apricot is a drupe fruit. It is closely related to the plum.

Two apricots, with a branch of apricots in the background

Description

The apricot comes from a small to medium-sized tree, 8 to 12 metres (26 to 39 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 40 centimetres in diameter with spreading, dense canopy; leaves are shaped somewhat like a heart, with pointed tips, about 8 centimetres (3 inches) wide.

Apricots contain many nutrients but is highest in vitamin C and potassium. A single apricot contains approximately 3.5 grams of vitamin C and 91 grams of potassium.

Flowers: Flowers are white to pinkish in color.
Fruit: The fruit has only one seed; the color runs from yellow to orange and may have a red cast; the surface of the fruit is smooth and nearly hairless.

Apricot Media

Map of the etymology of "apricot" from Latin via Late and Byzantine Greek to Arabic, Spanish and Catalan, Middle French, and so to English
Здоровые листья абрикоса
Preparing apricots in the grounds of Alchi Monastery, Ladakh, India
David Packard's apricot orchard in Los Altos Hills, preserved by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, is one of the few remaining in Santa Clara County, where apricots were a major crop before the urban sprawl of Silicon Valley.
Drying apricot fruits (Fergana, Uzbekistan)
Dried date, peach, apricot, and stones. From Lahun, Fayum, Egypt. Late Middle Kingdom. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London
apricot blooms
Apricot kernel (endocarp and seed)
Dried apricot, with dark color due to absence of sulfur dioxide treatment
Prunus sibirica (Siberian apricot; hardy to −50 °C (−58 °F) but with less palatable fruit)