Family: Combretaceae (Rangoon creeper family)
Indian almonds are spreading trees with large, leathery and oval leaves which turn red before they fall. The tree has a distinctive shape, its horizontal branches growing in wide spreading circles at different levels on the trunk. The greenish – white female – and male flowers are on the same tree. The pale green fruit is the size and shape of an almond in its shell. Some varieties become reddish-purple when ripe. Flowering: February-May.