Description

• Perennial
• Almond is native from Syria to N Africa.
• It is a fully hardy, deciduous tree with lanceolate, tapering, finely toothed leaves.
• Pink or almost white, solitary or paired flowers, appear before the new leaves, followed by pal green, ovoid, velvety fruits containing a single seed.

Culinary Uses

• The nuts (seeds) are eaten raw, roasted, salted, and ground into a paste – marzipan.
• It can also be ground and diluted with water to make almond milk, or pressed for oil, which is made into almond butter.
• Almonds are used in sweet and savory dishes – pilafs, cakes, pastries, biscuits and confectionary.

Parts Used

• The nuts (seeds) and oil.

Medicinal Uses. It is said that

• Almond is used internally for kidney stones, gallstones and constipation.
• Externally for dry skin conditions.