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 and , but ranging from to .
Description Prunus mira grows to tall and the trunks in diameter (DBH). The leaves are lanceolate, long and wide. The flowers are pinkish white. The ovoid fruit has white flesh. As the common name suggests, the stone is smooth.
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 almonds), and for their seed oil, which is used for cooking and hair oil. The rootstocks are used for almonds and for dwarfing peach trees, and are resistant to powdery mildew.
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