Prunus mira, the smooth stone peach, smooth-pit peach or Tibetan peach, and locally called behmi, behimi or tirul, is a species of Prunus native to the foothills of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau, at elevations typically between 2600 and 3000 m, but ranging from 2000 to 4000 m.
Prunus mira grows to 8-12 m tall and the trunks 16 cm in diameter (DBH). The leaves are lanceolate, 5–10 cm long and 1.2–4 cm wide. The flowers are pinkish white. The 2-by-3 cm ovoid fruit has white flesh. As the common name suggests, the stone is smooth.[1]
The trees are cultivated in some parts of their native range, for their fruit (which is often pickled), their seeds (as a substitute for almonds), and for their seed oil, which is used for cooking and hair oil.[2] The rootstocks are used for almonds and for dwarfing peach trees, and are resistant to powdery mildew.[3]
Prunus mira, the smooth stone peach, smooth-pit peach or Tibetan peach, and locally called behmi, behimi or tirul, is a species of Prunus native to the foothills of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau, at elevations typically between 2600 and 3000 m, but ranging from 2000 to 4000 m.
Prunus mira est une espèce d'arbuste de la famille des Rosaceae.
光核桃(学名:Prunus mira)为蔷薇科李属的植物,是中国的特有植物。别名西藏桃。
落叶乔木。披针形叶子,先端长而尖,基部为圆形,叶柄长1厘米左右,具有2或3个蜜腺。白色花单生或两朵齐出。近球形果实,扁卵形核,光滑无棱。
分布在中国大陆的云南、四川、西藏等地,生长于海拔2,000米至3,400米的地区,一般生于山坡杂木林中和山谷沟边,目前尚未由人工引种栽培。