Prunus fasciculata, also known as wild almond, desert almond, or desert peach, is a spiny and woody shrub producing wild almonds that contain too much cyanide to be edible. The plant is native to western deserts of North America.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Desert Almond being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Condalia warnockii
- Condalia spathulata
- Tetracoccus hallii
- Condalia globosa
- Condalia ericoides
- Rhamnus lycioides
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
- Species
- Prunus fasciculata
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