521 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Rosidae

► Order Rosales

► Family Rosaceae - Rose family

► Subfamily Spiraeoideae

► Tribe Amygdaleae

► Genus Prunus L. - Plum

Synonyms

(=) Amygdalus communis L.

≡ Amygdalus dulcis (basinom) Mill.

(=) Prunus amygdalus Batsch

(=) Prunus communis (L.) Arcang., non Huds. | Fritsch | (L.) Arcang., nom. illeg.

(=) Prunus dulcis var. amara (DC.) Buchheim

Common names

Almond (English)

Almond tree (English)

Bitter almond (English)

Common almond (English)

Sweet almond (English)

Amande (French)

Amandier (French)

Amandier commun (French)

Amygdale (French)

 

Mandel (Danish)

Mandeltræ (Danish)

Amandel (Dutch)

Amandelboom (Dutch)

Harilik mandlipuu (Estonian)

Bittermandelbaum (German)

Echte Mandel (German)

Echter Mandelbaum (German)

Mandel (German)

Mandelbaum (German)

Mandorla (Italian)

Mandorlo (Italian)

Mandorlo comune (Italian)

Mygdal zwyczajny (Polish)

Amêndoa (Portuguese)

Amendoeira (Portuguese)

Миндаль (Russian)

Миндаль обыкновенный (Russian)

Mandelj (Slovenian)

Mandljevec (Slovenian)

Almendra (Spanish)

Almendrero (Spanish)

Almendro (Spanish)

Mandelträd (Swedish)

 

Lawz (Arabic)

Llûz (Arabic)

Badam (Persian)

 

Bādām (India (Hindi))

Badam (India (Urdu))

Badāma (Nepalese)

 

Ba dan xing (Chinese)

Bian tao (Chinese)

Xing ren (Chinese)

Aamendousu (Japanese)

Aamondo (Japanese)

Amendo (Japanese)

Hadankyou (Japanese)

Hatankyou (Japanese)

Hentou (Japanese)

Kara momo (Japanese)

A mon teu (Korean)

Al mon teu (Korean)

 

Amêndoa-amarga (Brazil (Portuguese))

Amêndoa-doce (Brazil (Portuguese))

Description

Small white to pink sessile saucer-shaped flowers with five rounded petals and many stamens; borne singly or in pairs. A small to medium-sized tree that is covered with flowers in spring before the leaves appear and later bears edible nuts.