Plant
Plum
Prunus domestica / Prunus salicina
Also known as: Prunus domestica, European plum, Prunus salicina, Japanese plum
Two principal cultivated stone-fruit species in the genus *Prunus* — the European plum (*Prunus domestica*) and the Japanese plum (*Prunus salicina*, of Chinese origin despite the name). One of the oldest cultivated fruits in human agriculture; plums and their dried form (prunes) appear across European, Persian, Chinese, and Japanese culinary traditions. The substrate of slivovitz, mirabelle eau-de-vie, umeboshi, and many other regional fermented or preserved preparations.
Scientific
Two principal cultivated species:
- Prunus domestica — European / common plum; hexaploid, probably a hybrid origin somewhere in southwestern Asia
- Prunus salicina — [[loquat|Japanese plum]] (Chinese in actual origin, named for Japanese cultivation development); diploid, the source of most large fresh-eating plums
Sub-species and varieties include the mirabelle (small yellow French plum), greengage (greenish French plum), damson (small purple plum), and umeboshi-plum Prunus mume (sometimes classed as a plum but more accurately an [[apricot|apricot]] relative).
Cultural
European plums have been cultivated since at least Roman times. Slivovitz (plum brandy from the Balkans) is a centuries-old distilling tradition. In Japan, umeboshi (salted-pickled ume “plum”) is a daily breakfast and rice-ball accompaniment with documented medicinal-and-culinary use for over 1,000 years. In China, the plum is one of the “four gentlemen” of classical painting alongside orchid, bamboo, and [[chrysanthemum|chrysanthemum]].
Global production
Top producers: China, Romania, Serbia, Iran, Turkey.
See also
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- Member of: [[plants]]
- Cousin of: [[peach]] · [[apricot]] · [[cherry]] · [[almond]] · [[japanese-cherry]] · [[black-cherry]]
- Grown by: [[adams-apple-orchard-country-store]]
Sources
- FAO Crop Statistics
- Wikipedia — Plum
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Scientific
grows
- Adam's Apple Orchard & Country Store body token /\bplums?\b/ near cultivation cue
cousin of
- Almond auto-linked via shared tag: domesticated
- Apricot auto-linked via shared tag: china
- Japanese cherry (sakura) auto-linked via shared tag: rosaceae
- Peach auto-linked via shared tag: china
Cultural
shares approach with
- Quince auto-linked from body mention
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