Prunus scoparia

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Prunus scoparia
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Prunus scoparia fruit on a tree in the Gilazard valley
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species:
P. scoparia
Binomial name
Prunus scoparia
(Spach) C.K.Schneid.
Synonyms

Amygdalus scoparia Spach

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P. scoparia in the Gilazard Valley
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P. scoparia in the Gilazard Valley

Prunus scoparia is a wild almond primarily found in the Zagros forests of Iran[1] but also distributed across Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan.[citation needed] It is a xerophytic shrub and it has been used as a grafting stock for domesticated almonds to provide drought resistance.[2][3] Its seeds are consumed by rural Iranians as a cheap source of high-quality protein.[1] Its leaves are the primary food of the larvae of Parornix turcmeniella moths. In recent scholarship, it is sometimes referenced as Persian gum after the model of gum arabic,[4] although this name is also used for the commercially unimportant P. lycioides[1] and for the resin of the unrelated Astragalus sarcocolla.

References

Citations

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Abbasi & al. (2018).
  2. Hanelt, Peter; Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (2001). Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: (Except Ornamentals). Springer. p. 532. ISBN 978-3-540-41017-1.
  3. Khadivi-Khub, Abdollah; Anjam, Karim (October 2016). "Prunus Scoparia, a Suitable Rootstock for Almond (Prunus Dulcis) under Drought Condition Based on Vegetative and Fruit Characteristics". Scientia Horticulturae. 210: 220–226. doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2016.07.028.
  4. Abbasi (2017).

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