Details for: DPRU 225, Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb, Tarragonna

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb

Top Name:

Tarragonna

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

01 Oct 1984

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb

Top Name:

Tarragonna

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

01 Oct 1984

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Donated

01 October 1984.
California, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis
Donor(s):

University of California

Accession Names and Identifiers

Tarragonna

Type: Unverified name

R11T15

Type: Donor identifier

Donor location identifier

University of California

DPRU 225

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Type = Almond. Per USDA Bulletin 1282, Almond Varieties in the United States: "A Spanish variety. The exact date of the first plantings of the Tarragona in California is not known, but the largest acreage existed until 1905, most of the plantings being in the Oakley-Antioch districts. Tree: Very upright (ratio of width of head to height, 1:1 1/8). Main branches - Long, medium stocky, upright. Twigs - Medium in length, stocky, and rigid, grow straight or slightly wavy. Lenticels - Numerous, very large. Foliage - Moderately dense. Blade - Size varies much. Shape usually ovate, somewhat elliptical. Petiole - Length short to medium; stocky, rather inflexible. Bearing habit - Varies much. Bears on spurs. Nut: Immature nut - Size quite large (1 5/8 by 1 1/4 by 1 1/8 inches). Shape wide, ovate, plump. Hull - Outer surface green; turning yellowish and finally reddish brown; pubescence very abundant, short, gray, felty. Inner surface light colored when dehiscence starts, turning later to dark reddish brown. Hulled nut - Size medium to quite large (average 1 3/8 by 1 1/8 by 3/4 inches). Shape - Wide ovate, very wide in proportion to length. Shell - Light yellowish brown; varies somewhat in texture; on the border line between soft and hard; outer shell quite thick and either hard and bony or somewhat porous and crumbly. Kernel - Few doubles (3 percent). Size medium to rather large (average 1 by 5/8 by 7/16 inch). Usually plump."

Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb

Genus:

Prunus

Subgenus:

Amygdalus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Amygdaleae

Nomen number:

29890

Place of publication:

Feddes Repert. 74:24. 1967

Verified:

04/12/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Amygdalus dulcis Mill.

Autonym(s)
Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb var. dulcis

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amygdalus communis L.
Amygdalus communis L. var. communis
Prunus amygdalus Batsch
Prunus communis (L.) Arcang.
Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb var. amara (DC.) Buchheim

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	almond		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	bitter almond	as Amygdalus communis ‘Amara’	1	Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. Note: = Amygdalus communis L.
English	sweet almond	as Prunus dulcis var. dulcis	1	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. Note: = Prunus dulcis var. dulcis
French	amandier		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	amandier commun		2	Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
German	Bittermandelbaum	as Prunus dulcis var. amara	2	Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage Note: = Prunus dulcis var. amara
German	Knackmandel		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
German	Mandel		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
German	Mandelbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	mandorio		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Japanese Rōmaji	āmondo		2	Rosengarten, F. 1984. The book of edible nuts
Portuguese	amendoeira		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	amêndoa-amarga		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	amêndoa-doce		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	almendro		2	Ortega-Sada, J. L. 1987. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos.
Swedish	bittermandel		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Swedish	mandel		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	bian tao	as Amygdalus communis	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Amygdalus communis L.

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