Prunus bucharica

''Prunus bucharica'' is a species of wild almond native to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, preferring to grow at 1000-1800 m above sea level. Long thought to be one of the wild species that contributed to the origin of the cultivated almond , genetic testing of both nuclear and chloroplast DNA has shown that to be untrue; the closest relative of ''Prunus dulcis'' is ''Prunus fenzliana''.