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Prunus dulcis - Almond

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{{stub}}[[File:Almendras-rafax.JPG|thumb|right|''Almond'', ''Prunus dulcis'']]Prunus dulcis is a deciduous shrub or a small tree with erect branches when young, becoming horizontally-spreading as it grows older; it can grow 4 - 8 metres tall. The almond is one of the most commonly consumed nuts on Earth. It is often cultivated in warmer regions of the temperate zone, especially in the United States, which now dominates world almond production with over 40% of the annual crop, all of it grown in or near the Central Valley of California.
==Uses==
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|deciduous; petiole (8–)10–25 mm, ˂usually winged distally˃, glabrous, usually glandular distally or on margins at bases of blades; blade oblong to lanceolate, 2.5–10 × 1–3 cm, base obtuse, margins crenulate-serrulate to crenate-serrate, teeth blunt, glandular, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Axillary|Pink-white||Solitary flowers or 2-flowered fascicles. Pedicels 1–5 mm, glabrous. Flowers blooming before leaf emergence; hypanthium cupulate, 4–7 mm, glabrous externally; sepals erect-spreading to spreading, oblong-ovate, 4–8 mm, margins entire, ˂tomentose˃, surfaces glabrous; petals pink to nearly white, obovate, elliptic, or suborbiculate, 12–25 mm; ovaries hairy.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Drupes|25–40 mm||gray-green, ovoid-oblong, ˂compressed˃, 25–40 mm, velutinous; mesocarps leathery (splitting)|stones ellipsoid, strongly flattened, pitted|}}
===Other features===
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:PikiWiki Israel 7023 Amond blossom.jpg|Flowers
File:Shkediya01 ST 04.jpg|Flowers
File:PikiWiki Israel 7025 Amond blossom.jpg|Mature fruit
File:Almond tree leaf.JPG|Leaves
File:Unripe almond on tree.jpg|Immature fruit
File:Almond in an open shell.jpg|Opened stone
File:Mandorle sgusciate.jpg|Shelled almonds
</gallery>
<ref name="chemical composition">["chemistry"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250100386"morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation"]</ref>
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[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Rosaceae]]
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