Monday, August 1, 2011

Almonds bitter one of 40 types of almonds

Almonds bitter one of 40 types of almonds. A very beautiful plant, which is used as an ornamental and as a healing agent. Cooks also use the fact that there is a bitter almonds, for the manufacture of various spices. As a means of healing used in folk medicine for asthma and diphtheria.

The disadvantage of bitter almonds can be considered as its toxicity, which can pose a health hazard. As sweet almond belongs to the family Rosaceae. They are generally very similar to each other and not knowing the characteristics of one or the other easily confused with each other.

Bitter almond tree's natural form, covered with spines, reaching a height of eight-times, although on average the height of 3-5 meters. Spines become erect shoots up, covered with shorter branches, but at the time of flowering in the spring they are very beautiful. Flowering continues until the crescent.

The southern European part, West Siberia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. North America and Eurasia, too bitter almonds know in the wild. The flowers are white and the plant rozovokrasnye. Cultural forms of plant thorns, as a rule, and denied them a lot.

As is the case with almond sweet, sometimes it is referred to the nuts, with whom he has nothing to do, because is a stone fruit. The shape of the fruit like almond apricot pit. Motherland bitter almonds - Near East and surrounding areas.

Mediterranean and Central Asia also seems to have become home to some forms of almond bitter. Now the cultural forms of almonds are bred in many countries. T