The seed of almond plant peach, namely the kernel in the peach pit, can be used as food and traditional Chinese medicine. After the fruit is ripe, collect the stone, remove the pulp and core shell, take out the seeds and dry them in the sun to make almonds. Almond, also known as almond, is a specialty and popular nut in Xinjiang.
Common almond:
Cultivated species, deciduous trees, altitude 3~ 12m. The bark of trunk and perennial trunk branches is brownish black, and the bark of biennial branches is grayish brown. The annual branches are fluffy, drooping and green, sometimes with pale rose spots, and the buds are dark brown, and the top of the buds are close to the branches. Crown is usually not straight (Figure 16- 1). Lush foliage, developed roots and deep burial.
Leaves smooth, light green, stipules, solitary, lanceolate or oblong, with obvious main veins. The leaf margin is serrated, the petiole is short, and there are 2~4 small nectaries at the base of the leaf. Buds form in autumn. Flower buds are planted on short branches or at the base of growing branches, and two or three buds revive to form short bouquetlike fruit branches.
Ordinary flat peaches are bisexual flowers, which usually bloom first and then leave, and are pollinated by insects and cross-pollination. Petals split at the top, white or pink, with at least 5 petals and 6 sepals, arranged in a wheel shape, with multiple stamens (25-40), single pistil and wet stigma. The ovary is superior and has a carpel, which contains two ovules arranged side by side or up and down, usually only one develops, and the outer wall of the ovary is attached with a lot of fur.