Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb

English: Almond

German: Mandel

Portuguese: Amendoeira

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Rosales (119)

        Family: Rosaceae (56)(family description)

          Genus: Prunus (8)

            Epithet: dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb (2)

dulcis => sweet, or any taste not acrid

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: white

Check for Prunus dulcis at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [651] Prunus dulcis - Plants For A Future database
• [753] Almond - Prunus dulcis - University of Georgia - Mark Rieger's fruit crop site
• [1229] Prunus - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database

• [3] González, G.L. (2004): Guia de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Iberica y Baleares. Mundi-Prensa Libros, Madrid, Spain.