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{{short description|Species of plant}}
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{{Taxobox
| image =
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
| unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
| unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Prunus]]''
| subgenus = ''[[Prunus subg. Amygdalus|Amygdalus]]''
| species = '''''P. mira'''''
| binomial = ''Prunus mira''
| binomial_authority = [[Bernhard Adalbert Emil Koehne|Koehne]]
| synonyms = *''Amygdalus mira'' K.Koch
*''Amygdalus mira'' (Koehne) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu
*''Amygdalus mira'' (Koehne) Ricker
*''Persica mira'' (Koehne) Kov. & Kost.
}}

'''''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{{nbsp}}m, but ranging from 2000 to 4000{{nbsp}}m.

== Description ==
''Prunus mira'' grows to 3–10{{nbsp}}m tall and the trunks 16{{nbsp}}cm in diameter ([[Diameter at breast height|DBH]]). The leaves are [[lanceolate]], 5–10{{nbsp}}cm long and 1.2–4{{nbsp}}cm wide. The flowers are pinkish white. The 2-by-3{{nbsp}}cm ovoid fruit has white flesh. As the common name suggests, the stone is smooth.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bao |first1=Wenquan |last2=Wuyun |first2=Tana |last3=Li |first3=Tiezhu |last4=Liu |first4=Huimin |last5=Jiang |first5=Zhongmao |last6=Zhu |first6=Xuchun |last7=Du |first7=Hongyan |last8=Bai |first8=Yu-e |title=Genetic diversity and population structure of Prunus mira (Koehne) from the Tibet plateau in China and recommended conservation strategies |journal=PLOS ONE |date=29 November 2017 |volume=12 |issue=11 |pages=e0188685 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0188685 |pmid=29186199 |pmc=5706700 |bibcode=2017PLoSO..1288685B }}</ref>

== Uses ==
The trees are cultivated in some parts of their native range, for their fruit (which is often pickled), their seeds (as a substitute for [[almond]]s), and for their seed oil, which is used for cooking and hair oil.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Collection of ''Prunus mira'' (wild peach) in the Himalayan region of India |last1=Espiau Ramírez |first1=María Teresa |last2=Socias i Company |first2=Rafel |last3=Alonso Segura |first3=José Manuel |last4=Rubio Cabetas |first4=María José |year=2013 |journal=European Plant Genetic Resources Conference 2013, Alnarp, Sweden, 10 to 13 June 2013 |hdl=10532/2308 }}</ref> The rootstocks are used for almonds and for dwarfing [[peach]] trees, and are resistant to [[powdery mildew]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Layne |first1=Desmond R. |last2=Bassi |first2=Daniele |date=2008 |title=Peach : Botany, Production and Uses |page=194 |isbn=9781845934231 }}{{pn|date=February 2020}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Peaches]]
[[Category:Flora of China]]
[[Category:Flora of East Himalaya]]
[[Category:Flora of West Himalaya]]
[[Category:Flora of Nepal]]
[[Category:Flora of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Trees of Tibet]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1912]]
[[Category:Prunus]]

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