Rosaceae
Thorny almond
Prunus spinosissima
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
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Common names
By language (6)
- Azerbaijani
- Tikanlı badam
- Chinese
- 刺扁桃, 多刺扁桃
- English
- Thorny almond
- Persian
- بادام پرخار
- Tajik
- Бодомча
- Uzbek
- Bodomcha
Synonyms
- Amygdalus spinosissima Bunge
Photos
Photo: Botanischer Garten, TU Dresden, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Botanischer Garten, TU Dresden, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Public Domain, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ELAR corporation, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ELAR corporation, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ELAR corporation, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ELAR corporation, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ELAR corporation, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Thorny almond: Prunus spinosissima — Herbarium specimen from [Aman Kutan Valley, between Samarkand & Shakhrisabz in rich loam on banks], Uzbekistan. Collected by Mathew, B.F.;](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Prunus_spinosissima_%28GBIF_5166302986%29.jpg/1280px-Prunus_spinosissima_%28GBIF_5166302986%29.jpg)
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.