Almond

Prunus dulcis
	Almond flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Subfamily:	Amygdaloideae
Genus:	Prunus
Species:	P. dulcis
Binomial name
	Prunus dulcis;

The almond, Prunus dulcis, is a small tree in the family Rosaceae. "Almond" is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated 'nut' of this tree.

Native to Iran and bordering regions, almonds are also grown in places with Mediterranean climates.^[1]

The fruit of the almond has an outer hull and a hard shell with the seed or nut inside.^[2] Shelling almonds means removing the shell to get the seed. Almonds are sold either shelled or unshelled.

Description

The almond tree is about four to 10 meters tall. It has a trunk about 30 centimetres wide. The young twigs are green at first. When they are in their second year, they turn gray. The leaves are three to five inches long.^[3] The flowers are white or light pink, 3–5 cm wide with five petals.^[4]^[5]

Almond tree
Almond shell
Almonds

Almond Media

This is an image of almond blossoms captured using a Samsung Galaxy M-31 mobile phone in Safashehr city, Fars province, Iran.
Blossoming of bitter almond tree
a grove of almond trees in California
An almond shaker before and during a tree's harvest
Almond tree with blossoming flowers, Valley of Elah, Israel
Amandines de Provence, poster by Leonetto Cappiello, 1900, which shows a woman eating almond biscuits (almond cookies)
Sweet Almond (Prunus dulcis) Oil in clear glass vial
Almond cream cake covered in slivered almonds

Related pages

References

↑ "Prunus dulcis - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
↑ The almond we eat is the edible seed of a type of fruit called a "drupe".
↑ Bailey L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. Macmillan, New York.
↑ Rushforth, Keith (1999). Collins wildlife trust guide trees: a photographic guide to the trees of Britain and Europe. London: Harper Collins. ISBN 0-00-220013-9.
↑ Griffiths, Mark D.; Anthony Julian Huxley (1992). The New Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 0-333-47494-5.

Other websites

The Almond Board of California

[1] "Prunus dulcis - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2021-06-27.

[2] The almond we eat is the edible seed of a type of fruit called a "drupe".

[3] Bailey L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. Macmillan, New York.

[rushforth-4] Rushforth, Keith (1999). Collins wildlife trust guide trees: a photographic guide to the trees of Britain and Europe. London: Harper Collins. ISBN 0-00-220013-9.

[rhs-5] Griffiths, Mark D.; Anthony Julian Huxley (1992). The New Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 0-333-47494-5.

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