Prunus persica

Deciduous tree to 6 m high; young twigs glabrous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 6–15 cm long, 1.5–3.5 cm wide, base cuneate to obtuse, apex acuminate, margins crenulate-serrulate, ± glabrous; petiole 5–15 mm long, glabrous, often with 1–4 glands near apex. Flowers subsessile, solitary or in pairs; pedicles 0–3 mm long, glabrous. Sepals rounded, usually pubescent, at least on margins; petals obovate to suborbicular, deep pink, rarely pale pink to white. Drupe globose, 40–80 mm diam., yellow, orange or red, velvety or glabrous, flesh sweet; stone ellipsoid, strongly flattened, furrowed, keeled.