Mandelblüte-Prunus-dulcis-4
Der Mandelbaum gehört zur Familie der Rosengewächse (Rosaceae). Die Mandel ist eine länglich-eiförmige Steinfrucht und hat eine raue, graue, lederartige Fruchtschale. Epidemiologische Studien weisen darauf hin, dass der regelmäßige Verzehr von Mandeln und Nüssen dazu beitragen kann, die Mortalität aufgrund von Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen zu senken. It is a small deciduous tree, growing to between 4 and 10 meters in height, with a trunk of up to 30 centimeters in diameter. The young shoots are green at first, becoming purplish where exposed to sunlight, then grey in their second year. The leaves are 1 cm long and 1.2–4 cm broad, with a serrated margin and a 2.5 cm petiole. The flowers are white or pale pink, 3–5 cm diameter with five petals, produced singly or in pairs before the leaves in early spring. The fruit is a drupe 3.5–6 cm long, with a downy outer coat. The outer covering or exocarp, (fleshy in other members of Prunus such as the plum and cherry), is instead a leathery grey-green coating called the hull, which contains inside a hard shell, and the edible seed, commonly called a nut in culinary terms.

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