Prunus armeniaca Linnaeus; P. tiliaefolia Salisbury.

Petiole glabrous; leaf base rounded to subcordate, adaxially glabrous. Flowers solitary. Drupe more than 2.5 cm in diam.; endocarp surface scabrous or smooth, base usually symmetric or rarely asymmetric.

Pure stands of Armeniaca vulgaris var. vulgaris occur in the Ili Kazak Zizhizhou of Xinjiang.

Sparse forests on mountain slopes, also cultivated; 700--3000 m. Gansu, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang [C Asia].