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Spanish:Almendro.
Prunus Dulcis .
Sm all deciduous tree that can reach 10 m
Estonian:Mandlipuu
English: Almond tree
Caltalan: Atmeller.
Turkish: badem ağacı
Albanian: bajame
Portuguesse:
almendoeira
in size, with rarely straight trunk and
ash-colored bark, scaly with age and
full of lenticels.
They oody bone with small holes in
which are 1-2 almonds provided with
brown and rough tegument. It presents
two typical varieties: amara and
dulcis.
Fruit:
The almond fruit is the almond. The oil
of this fruit is used as an emollient,
and the essence of bitter almonds in
perfumery, for its aroma. Almendruco or
alloza is the tender and immature fruit.
It is also called by almond extension
the seed of any druceous fruit: for
example the "almond" of peach, apricot
or plum. Almond oil is used in
maintenance of musical instruments such
as dulzaina.
Of the latter there are a large number
of horticultural cultivars for the use
of their fruit.
An oil used in medicine is extracted
from it.
Leaves:
Leaves simple,
lanceolate,
narrow,7.5-12.5
cm long, widened
below the
middle. Rounded
base and apex
long acuminated.
Flowers:
Flowers solitary or in
groups of 2-4,of pure white
color or omething pink,
almost seated, of about
3-5 cm in diameter.