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Prunus dulcis - Almond

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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.

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Chemical Composition

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Common names

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Alternate Deciduous; petiole (8–)10–25 mm, ˂usually winged distally˃, glabrous, usually glandular distally or on margins at bases of blades.

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Drupes 25–40 mm Gray-green, ovoid-oblong, ˂compressed˃, 25–40 mm, velutinous; mesocarps leathery (splitting) Stones ellipsoid, strongly flattened, pitted

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

The almond prefers a Mediterranean or a Continental climate, with a clear distinction between winter and spring, in milder maritime areas it can be induced into flower too early in the season and is then very liable to be damaged by frosts.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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