Almond for ID

[ayush]

This almond is locally known as badam.  There seems to be various species for almond.
Photo taken at Gadwal, Andhra Pradesh on 14.06.2012 at a guest house
What is this speices.

Regards
D. Radha Krishna Reddy
Chennai

[Giby Kuriakose]

Terminalia catappa L. of Combretaceae family. 

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Giby

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[harithasandhya]

Yes, Terminalia catappa.
The fruits are relished by fruit bats and they help in dispersing the seeds widely.

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Sandhya

[Gurcharan Singh]

Of course not to be confused with real almond or badam, which is Prunus amygalus Batsch (syn: p. dulcis (Mill.) Webb.)

this is Indian Almond-tree, desi badam (Hindi), Bangla badam (Beng.), Badamuchettu (Tel), Natvadam (Tam.).

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[ayush]

Thanks to Dr. Giby Kuriakose ji, Ms. Sandhya ji and Dr.Gurcharan Singh ji for confirmation and clarification

Regards
Radha Krishna Reddy
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[Ganesh Kumar]

It is called Kaadu badami In kannada, in taste it is slightly bitter.

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