at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
► Subclass Rosidae
► Order Rosales
► Family Rosaceae - Rose family
► Subfamily Spiraeoideae
► Tribe Amygdaleae
► Genus Prunus L. - Plum
Synonyms
(=) Amygdalus communis L.
≡ Amygdalus dulcis (basinom) Mill.
(=) Prunus amygdalus Batsch
(=) Prunus communis (L.) Arcang., non Huds. | Fritsch | (L.) Arcang., nom. illeg.
(=) Prunus dulcis var. amara (DC.) Buchheim
Common names
Almond (English)
Almond tree (English)
Bitter almond (English)
Common almond (English)
Sweet almond (English)
Amande (French)
Amandier (French)
Amandier commun (French)
Amygdale (French)
Mandel (Danish)
Mandeltræ (Danish)
Amandel (Dutch)
Amandelboom (Dutch)
Harilik mandlipuu (Estonian)
Bittermandelbaum (German)
Echte Mandel (German)
Echter Mandelbaum (German)
Mandel (German)
Mandelbaum (German)
Mandorla (Italian)
Mandorlo (Italian)
Mandorlo comune (Italian)
Mygdal zwyczajny (Polish)
Amêndoa (Portuguese)
Amendoeira (Portuguese)
Миндаль (Russian)
Миндаль обыкновенный (Russian)
Mandelj (Slovenian)
Mandljevec (Slovenian)
Almendra (Spanish)
Almendrero (Spanish)
Almendro (Spanish)
Mandelträd (Swedish)
Lawz (Arabic)
Llûz (Arabic)
Badam (Persian)
Bādām (India (Hindi))
Badam (India (Urdu))
Badāma (Nepalese)
Ba dan xing (Chinese)
Bian tao (Chinese)
Xing ren (Chinese)
Aamendousu (Japanese)
Aamondo (Japanese)
Amendo (Japanese)
Hadankyou (Japanese)
Hatankyou (Japanese)
Hentou (Japanese)
Kara momo (Japanese)
A mon teu (Korean)
Al mon teu (Korean)
Amêndoa-amarga (Brazil (Portuguese))
Amêndoa-doce (Brazil (Portuguese))
Description
Small white to pink sessile saucer-shaped flowers with five rounded petals and many stamens; borne singly or in pairs. A small to medium-sized tree that is covered with flowers in spring before the leaves appear and later bears edible nuts.
In her green wildernesses and lurking depths,
In her thickets of joy where danger clasps delight,
He glimpsed the hidden wings of her songster hopes,
A glimmer of blue and gold and scarlet fire.
In her covert lanes, bordering her chance field-paths
And by her singing rivulets and calm lakes
He found the glow of her golden fruits of bliss
And the beauty of her flowers of dream and muse.
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library in 30 Volumes. - Volumes 28-29. - Savitri / Book 2. Canto 1
Nature proves her collaboration with a smile of flowers.
The Mother
The Mother. White Roses: [Letters to Huta] / Compiled by Huta D. Hindocha.- Pondicherry, 1980, P.388.
The trees rise towards the sky, beautiful symbol of Nature's aspiration towards the Light.
The Mother
The Mother. White Roses: [Letters to Huta] / Compiled by Huta D. Hindocha.- Pondicherry, 1980, P.102.
If you can always smile at life, life also will always smile at you.
The Mother
The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 14. - Words of the Mother