It's really a mutagen that's missing the duration in the item description. That doesn't mean the effect is permanent any more than Greater/Major Energy Mutagens failing to list an action cost for the effect that discharges their remaining duration as a blast means that ability is a free action.
It's permanent until you come under the effect of another Polymorph effect that successfully counteracts the Apricot.
It could be a typo, I don't have the AP that the item appears in to compare to the Nethys entry. Or it could be intended to be permanent for a story reason within said AP.
Anybody have any better context?
No, nothing in the adventure context I saw to make it seem more likely that it's supposed to be permanent, not just missing the duration.
You couldn't use it for your eidolon in either case. It's missing the Eidolon trait.
Does that matter?
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There are two things about Eidolons that lead me to believe that they could either not use an Apricot of Bestial Might, or at least could not get full benefit from said fruit.
Eidolon: A creature with this trait is an eidolon. An action or spell with this trait can be performed by an eidolon only. An item with this trait can be used or worn by an eidolon only, and an eidolon can't use items that don't have this trait. (An eidolon can have up to two items invested.)
An eidolon can't use items that don't have this trait. That pretty clearly applies to not just magical items, but any item including alchemical ones by my reading. The "Gear and your Eidolon" section talks specifically about Magical gear, so you could argue that the trait also only "counts" for magical gear, but the two sections don't need to be the same to be individually valid. The trait by my reading is just more restrictive than that section suggests.
Second, from the Unarmed Attacks section of Eidolon:
Your eidolon starts with two unarmed attacks. Each eidolon entry suggests some forms the eidolon's attacks might take, but since eidolons can have a variety of body shapes, you decide the specific form of the unarmed attacks (claw, jaws, horn, fist, and so on) when you choose your eidolon. Some eidolons' unarmed attacks might look like swords, clubs, or other weapons, even though they are extensions of the eidolon's form. Your choice of unarmed attack determines its damage type— bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing, as appropriate. Some of the suggested attacks list a typical damage type in parentheses, but you can work with your GM to choose a damage type that is right for your eidolon. Once you decide upon your eidolon's unarmed attacks, they can't be changed except via abilities that specifically change them, except with your GM's permission. Your eidolon has a primary and secondary unarmed attack.
Since Apricot of Bestial Might isn't an ability that calls out specifically changing an attack that an Eidolon possesses, even if the Eidolon were allowed to use it, it wouldn't gain said attack. So at best you get the 8 physical damage resistance for being clumsy 1.
Probably still a decent trade to be honest, but not one I'd allow a summoner to make with their Eidolon.