Almond

Almond
1897 illustration
Almond tree with ripening fruit. Majorca, Spain
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Prunus
Subgenus:	Amygdalus
Species:	P. dulcis
Binomial name
Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb
Synonyms
Synonymy Amygdalus amara Duhamel Amygdalus communis L. Amygdalus dulcis Mill. Amygdalus fragilis Borkh. Amygdalus sativa Mill. Druparia amygdalus Clairv. Prunus amygdalus Batsch Prunus communis (L.) Arcang. Prunus communis Fritsch

The almond is a stone fruit (Prunus) grown for the stone itself rather than the fleshy covering of the drupe.

Mature almond kernels are usually roasted and this is what most people are familiar with as "almonds". But the kernel can also be eaten raw at an immature stage and this "green almond" is quite a different kind of food - jelly-like, and with a mild vegetal flavor like broccoli or something.

Acknowledgements

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