Wild peach tree (IMAGE)

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Wild peach tree

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A behmi tree (Prunus mira), which is a wild relative of the domesticated peach, grows in its native habitat next to a glacier on the Tibetan Plateau.

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Image credit: Yong Li, from Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

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