Almond cherry from the Red Book description, photo, properties

Cherry almonds acts as a rare representative of the family of pinkflowered. Often it is a bush, the height of which varies from half a meter to 2 meters.

Habitat

Most common in Siberia, but in some places the germinations also act:

Almond cherry from the Red Book description, photo, properties

Mongolia;

Buryatia;

Bilutai mountains.

The total number has not been currently determined, however, it is known that a reduction in the population affects:

destruction of fruits with a almond weevil;

eating nuts with small rodents, in particular, by a Daurian hamster and East Asian forest mouse;

Castle and small cattle;

wide distribution of forest fires;

Gathering by people the widespread prevalence of such a plant is determined by many of its medicinal qualities, as well as the ability to extract honey.

From all of the above it follows that the security measures may act as necessary:

organization of the state reserve;

exclusion of cattle grazing in the growth of such a plant;

Prohibition for gathering by people.

Characteristics of germination

For such a decorative plant, the best soil are steppe zones or rocky slopes with sparse thickets. Such a longterm shrub also has the following features:

leaves are oblong and oval, very often they are narrow no more than a centimeter in diameter. The length can be 3 centimeters;

flowers-have a bright pink tint, often wide-round, no more than a centimeter in diameter. Moreover, they bloom much earlier than the leaves. The flowering period continues the whole of May and June;

fruits-ovoid in shape, densely short-permitted, at the top there is a point. More than 800 fruits can be included on one plant.

Such a plant is calcophil.e. It lives mainly in soils containing a large number of calcium compounds, as well as in places of release of substances such as chalk, marls and limestones. This means that he is characterized by dry habitats, and he can also tolerate prolonged drought and prolonged influence of high temperatures.

In medicine almonds, the cherry is used as a sedative and analgesic. Oil can be used externally (softens the skin) or inside (in as a laxative). In addition, seedbased powder has useful properties it is indicated with purulent and weeping damage to the skin.