Almonds: Nutrition and Diet

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), a plant about 10 m tall belonging to the Rosaceae family.
The almond tree produces drupe-type fruits, with an oval and compressed shape, which, when fully ripe, release an oblong stone (woody endocarp) previously contained in the pulp (mesocarp). Inside this fleshy shell, enclosed by a hard shell, they house one or two sweet oil seeds: almonds.
“Almond” is also the term used to indicate all the seeds that have the same characteristics (peach, apricot, cherry, etc.).