Nectarine (Latin scientific name: peach variety. Honey gland), also known as peach barge plum. Nectarine (English: Nectarine) is a variety of common peach (with fluff outside the peel), which is a small deciduous tree with fruit as fruit. Nectarine originated in China and distributed in Asia and North America. There are wild nectarines and deciduous young trees in the northwest of China.