Description
Plum (scientific name: Prunus salicina Lindl.) is a plant of the Rosaceae and Prunus genus. Deciduous tree, 9-12 meters high; wide round crown, gray-brown bark, undulating; old branches purple-brown or red-brown, glabrous; branchlets yellow-red, glabrous; leaves oblong obovate, oblong, sparsely oblong Oval, 6-8 (-12) cm long, 3-5 cm wide, apex acuminate, sharp or short tail tip, wedge-shaped at the base, rounded and heavy serrations on the edge, often mixed with single serrations; stipules membranous , Linear; petiole length 1-2 cm, usually glabrous; flowers usually 3 side by side; pedicel 1-2 cm, usually glabrous; flower diameter 1.5-2.2 cm; calyx tube campanulate; drupe spherical, ovoid or nearly Conical, 3.5-5 cm in diameter, up to 7 cm in cultivated varieties; oval or oblong nucleus with wrinkles. Flowering period in April, fruiting period from July to August
Plums are distributed in China's Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Taiwan; they are cultivated all over the world. Born in hillside shrubs, valleys, sparse forests, watersides, ditch bottoms, roadsides, etc. at an altitude of 400-2600 meters.
Plum branches are broad, reddish-brown and smooth. The leaves are red from spring to autumn. The flowers are small and white or pink. They are good foliage garden plants; they are sweet, sour, and have a flat nature. They return to the liver and kidney meridian. The effect can be used for steaming bones and quenching thirst. As a fruit, plum is also one of the important fruit trees in temperate zone.
