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Black Apricorn くろぼんぐり Black Bonguri

Artwork by Ken Sugimori

Introduced in Generation II Pocket Generation II Items Generation IV Items (Apricorn Box) Generation V Items Generation VI Items Generation VII Items

The Black Apricorn (Japanese: くろぼんぐり Black Bonguri), formatted Blk Apricorn prior to Generation VI, is a type of Apricorn introduced in Generation II.

In the core series games

Price

Effect

Can be made into a Heavy Ball by Kurt.

If used in the Apriblender, can produce Aprijuice that boosts the Power and Stamina Performance stats.

Description

Acquisition

In the anime

A Black Apricorn in the anime

Black Apricorns appeared in Going Apricorn!, where Kurt helped Ash, Misty, and Brock to harvest Apricorns. He made Poké Balls from the three White Apricorns, two Blue Apricorns, and one Black Apricorn that were found; and gave Brock, Misty, and Ash each a Fast Ball, Brock a Heavy Ball, and Ash and Misty each a Lure Ball for later use.

In the manga

An Apricorn in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Apricorns were first mentioned in Teddiursa's Picnic, in which Kurt used various Apricorns to make special Poké Balls. Gold attempted and failed to eat the fruit of an Apricorn. Apricorns were later mentioned in Out-Odding Oddish, in which Gold was seen running after adding Apricorns into the Apriblender so the Apricorns would mix to make Aprijuice.

Trivia

• Bitter Berry trees in Generation II are replaced by Black Apricorn trees in Generation IV.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 黑球果 Hāak Kàuhgwó * Mandarin 黑球果 Hēi Qiúguǒ * French Noigrume Noi German Aprikoko Swz Italian Ghicoc.NeraGSC Ghic. NeraHGSSBWB2W2 Ghicocca NeraXYORAS Korean 검은규토리 Geomeun Gyutoli Brazilian Portuguese Bolota Preta European Spanish Bonguri NegGSCHGSSBWB2W2 Bonguri NegroXYORAS Vietnamese Trái Bonguri đen

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