Almond Tree, Prunus dulcis
Item
Title
Almond Tree, Prunus dulcis
Description
This Botanical illustration from Koehler’s Medicinal-Pflanzen is of the widely produced almond tree. At an unknown point in time, there was a natural mutation that significantly decreased the production of toxins within almonds, allowing them to become one of the biggest agricultural industries today.
Creator
Artist/Collector
Walther Otto Müller, C. F. Schmidt, and K. Gunther
Date
Date Collected
1887
Spatial Coverage
Location
Illinois, USA
Medium
Medium/Material
Watercolor
Rights Holder
Credit Line
© The Field Museum, Cat. No. 2210374
