''Prunus brigantina'', called Briançon apricot (french: Abricotier de Briançon), Briançon plum (french: Prunier de Briançon), marmot plum (french: Marmottier), and Alpine apricot,
is a wild tree species native to France and Italy. Its fruit is edible and similar to the commercial apricot ''
P. armeniaca'',
but it is smooth unlike apricots. An edible oil produced from the seed, 'huile des marmottes', is used in France.
It is disputed whether ''P. brigantina'' is an apricot or a plum. It is grouped with
plum species according to chloroplast DNA sequences, but more closely related to
apricot species according to nuclear DNA sequences.
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Apricots
Flora of France
Flora of Italy
Plants described in 1786