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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Prunus |
Species: | P. haussknechtii
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Binomial name | |
Prunus haussknechtii | |
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Prunus haussknechtii ( Persian: ارجنک) is a species of wild almond native to Iran. It is shrub or small tree 1–2 m tall, sometimes reaching 4 m, with pink flowers. It prefers to grow at 1200 to 3600 m above sea level, near water, either riverbanks or mountain bases where there is melting snow. [3] It has the largest nut and seed of the 17 species of almond. [4] [5]