The usual preferred commercial source is from apricot kernels ( Prunus armeniaca ).
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Its scientific name " Prunus armeniaca " ( Armenian plum ) derives from that assumption.
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The fruit is similar to the commercial apricot " Prunus armeniaca ", and is edible.
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There is also a confirmed records on " Ziziphus mauritiana " and " Prunus armeniaca ".
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Since Roman times, the apricot was known as " Prunus Armeniaca, " literally translated as " Armenian Plum"
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It has been recorded feeding on dead wood of " Eucalyptus pilularis " and " Prunus armeniaca ".
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It was first described by Karl Maximovich in 1883 as a variety of the Siberian apricot ( Tibetan apricot ) " Prunus armeniaca ".
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The beauty of the Upper Kachura Lake is almost untampered and mostly unexplored by travelers, due to lack of infrastructure owing to its rough terrain The area has a rich flora of the Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests ecoregion, and also known for its wild apricot-" Prunus armeniaca " orchards.