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Wild Almond

Amygdalus korschinskii

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Description:

A winter deciduous shrub. Leaves narrow, serrated. Flower plentiful, blooming in March-April. Fruits are covered by a felted pulp. In these pictures you can see how the pulp reveals the almond hard cover. This is one of the progenitors of the cultivated almonds.

Habitat:

open steppe forest

Reference Links:

Amygdalus korschinskii (Hand.-Mazz.) Bornm. | Flora of Israel Online

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