Cultivated
Deciduous shrub or large tree ; up to 4-10 m tall , with a dense spreading canopy . Stems branched . Leaves 3 . 5-6(-10) x 1-2 . 5 cm , elongated to oblong laceolate , tip acute , margin crenate-serrate , glabrescent . Inflorescences solitary but often congested along the twigs , subsessile , usually appearing before the leaves . Flowers pink or white , 15-20 mm . Fruit drupe , 3-6 cm long , ovoid , outer covering is a thick leathery grey-green softly hairy coat called the hull ; inside the hull is a reticulated hard woody shell , which contains the seed . (Ref . POWO ; 2023) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Amygdalus amygdalus (Batsch) Frye & Rigg
Amygdalus communis L.
Druparia amygdalus (Batsch) Clairv.
Prunus communis (L.) Arcang.
Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A.Webb
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Almond
In Omani studies: Patzelt (2015) wrote that: "The almond is often eaten on its own, raw or roasted, but is also available in other forms, such as flour, oil or milk. These products can be used in both sweet and savoury dishes". (Ref. Photographic Field Guide to the Plants of the Western Hajar Mountains; 2015).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://www.nzpcn.org.nz *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Patzelt, A. (2015). Photographic Field Guide to the Plants of the Western Hajar Mountains, Sultanate of Oman: with a complete checklist of vascular plant species. Sultan Qaboos University – Academic Publication and Outreach Department. P.O Pox (17) Postal Code (123), Muscat, Al khoudh, Sultanate of Oman. *Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Gene Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:547-560. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. DOI 10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
