The almond tree (Prunus dulcis), is a deciduous tree of the Rosaceae family. This species belongs to the subgenus Amygdalus of the genus Prunus. It can reach 3 to 5 m in height. Of talloliso, green and sometimes yellow when young, it becomes cracked, scaly, creamy and grayish when it is adult. They are deciduous, the leaves are simple, lanceolate, long, narrow and pointed, from 7.5 to 12.5 cm in length and intense green color, with jagged or scalloped edges. The florsolitaria or in groups of 2 or 4, is pentamera with five sepals, five petals with variable colors between white and pink depending on the species of about 3 to 5 cm in diameter. The fruits of about 3 to 6 cm long in drupe with exocarp and mesocarpiocorreosos and hard endocarp, oblong, ellipsoidal, with dry meat, tomentose, green, dehiscent. It takes 5 to 6 months to mature since it settles
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