almond | family | rosaceae <sep> the almond (prunus amygdalus, syn prunus dulcis) is a species of tree native to iran and surrounding countries, including the levant the almond is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated seed of this tree within the genus prunus, it is classified with the peach in the subgenus amygdalus, distinguished from the other subgenera by corrugations on the shell (endocarp) surrounding the seedthe fruit of the almond is a drupe, consisting of an outer hull and a hard shell with the seed, which is not a true nut shelling almonds refers to removing the shell to reveal the seed 
almond is part of the rosaceae family.no information