Prunus × dasycarpa, called purple apricot and black apricot (Chinese: zi xing), is a species of tree.

It is in the genus Prunus in the rose family, Rosaceae.

The species was named by Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart in 1791.

[1] The buds are reddish-orange, and the flower blossoms are white.

It is likely a hybrid of P. armeniaca × P. cerasifera (i.e., an apricot–cherry plum cross).