{{speciesbox
|name = Melokoton
|image = Illustration Prunus persica0.jpg
|image_caption = Sabong, bunga, bukel ken bulbulong ti melokoton kas inladawan babaen ni Otto Wilhelm Thomé (1885).
|image2 = Autumn Red peaches.jpg
|image2_caption = Maysa a naiwa ken dagiti nalabbasit a melokoton
|image2_alt = Retrato a mangipapakita iti naiwa a melokoton a naiwa nga addaan itidyaw a lasag ken bugbugtong a dakkel a maralabbasit a bukel
|genus = Prunus
|parent = Prunus subg. Amygdalus
|species = persica
|authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[August Batsch|Batsch]] 1801 saan a ni Stokes 1812 wenno ni (L.) Siebold & Zucc. 1845<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_genus=Prunus&find_species=persica&find_rankToReturn=spec|title=IPNI Plant Name Query Results|work=ipni.org|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925203907/http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_genus=Prunus&find_species=persica&find_rankToReturn=spec|archivedate=25 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|synonyms_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/rjp-376 |title=The Plant List, ''Prunus persica'' (L.) Batsch |access-date=2019-02-07 |archive-date=2021-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310033102/http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/rjp-376 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|synonyms = {{Marebba a listaan|bullets = true
|title=<small>Sinonimo</small>
|''Amygdalus persica'' <small>L. 1753</small>
|''Amygdalus persica'' var. ''aganonucipersica'' <small>(Schübl. & G.Martens) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu</small>
|''Amygdalus persica'' var. ''compressa'' <small>(Loudon) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu</small>
|''Amygdalus persica'' var. ''scleronucipersica'' <small>(Schübl. & G.Martens) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu</small>
|''Amygdalus persica'' var. ''scleropersica'' <small>(Rchb.) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu</small>
|''Persica platycarpa'' <small>Decne.</small>
|''Persica vulgaris'' <small>Mill.</small>
|''Persica vulgaris'' var. ''compressa'' <small>Loudon</small>
|''Prunus daemonifuga'' <small>H.Lév. & Vaniot</small>
|''Prunus persica'' <small>(L.) Stokes</small>
|''Prunus persica'' <small>(L.) Siebold & Zucc.</small>
|''Prunus persica'' f. ''aganonucipersica'' <small>(Schübl. & G.Martens) Rehder</small>
|''Prunus persica'' var. ''compressa'' <small>(Loudon) Bean</small>
|''Prunus persica'' var. ''lasiocalyx'' <small>H.Lév. & Vaniot</small>
|''Prunus persica'' var. ''platycarpa'' <small>(Decne.) L.H.Bailey</small>
|''Prunus persica'' subsp. ''platycarpa'' <small>(Decne.) D. Rivera, Obón, S. Ríos, Selma, F. Mendez, Verde & F.Cano</small>
|''Prunus persica'' f. ''scleropersica'' <small>(Rchb.) Voss</small>
|''Amygdalus nucipersica'' <small>(L.) Rchb.</small>
|''Persica nucipersica'' <small>(L.) Borkh.</small>
|''Amygdalus potanini'' <small>(Batalin) T.T.Yu</small>
|''Persica potaninii'' <small>(Batalin) Kovalev & Kostina</small>
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Ti '''melokoton''' (''Prunus persica'') ket ti [[deciduous|agtintinnag ti bulongna]] a [[kayo]], [[patneng a mula|patneng]] ti Amianan a laud ti Tsina, iti rehion a nagbaetan ti [[Labneng Tarim]] ken dagiti amianan a bangkirig ti [[Banbanatay Kunlun|banbantay Kunlun Shan]], nga idiay iti immuna a naidomestikado ken naimuyongan.<ref>{{Cite book |last1= Faust |first1= M. |last2= Timon |first2= B. L. |doi= 10.1002/9780470650585.ch10 |chapter= Origin and Dissemination of Peach |title= Horticultural Reviews |page=331 |year= 2010 |isbn= 978-0-470-65058-5}}</ref> Daytoy ket agbunga iti prutas a natubbog ken makan a tinawtawagan pay met iti '''melokoton'''. Ti nagan ti sebbangan iti ''persica'' ket mangibagbaga iti adu a pannakaimuyonganna idiay Persia, ken kanungpalan met a naimula idiay Europa.  Daytoy ket tagikua iti [[henero (biolohia)|henero]] ti ''Prunus'', iti [[pamilia (biolohia)|pamilia]] ti [[Rosaceae]].  Ti melokoton ket nairaman a naidasig iti [[almendras]] iti subhenero ti ''Amygdalus'', maisalumina daytoy manipud kadagiti sabali a subhenero babaen ti naguritan a bukel.