WorldFloraDB - Prunus mume

Characteristics

A small tree. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows up to 6 m tall. It spreads 8 m wide. The leaves are 10 cm long. The flowers occur singly. They are 25 mm wide. They are pink or red. They have an almond scent. The fruit has one hard stone inside. The fruit are yellow and velvety. They are sour and edible.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

1.0

Mature height (meter)

6.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Thickets in western China; at elevations from 300-2,500 metres. Forested slopes, beside streams, slopes along trails, sparse forests, mountains at elevations of 1700-3100 metres.

More

Temperate. It is frost hardy. It suits hardiness zones 6-10. In Yunnan.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The fruit are eaten fresh. The fruit are used as a source of sour flavouring. They are preserved and used in plum sauce. They can be pickled in salt. The fruit can be used for vinegar. The flowers are used for scenting tea.

Uses	afforestation drinks dye environmental use food gene source material medicinal oil ornamental tea vermicid wood
Edible	flowers fruits seeds
Therapeutic use	Abdomen (unspecified), Achlorhydria (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Antidote(Fish) (unspecified), Apertif (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Cancer(Breast) (unspecified), Cancer(Lymph) (unspecified), Cancer(Nose) (unspecified), Cancer(Pharynx) (unspecified), Cancer(Thyroid) (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Cyanogenetic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Epilepsy (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Flux (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Menorrhagia (unspecified), Ornament (unspecified), Preventitive(Boil) (unspecified), Preventitive(Heat-Rash) (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Styptic (unspecified), Syphilis (unspecified), Thirst (unspecified), Typhoid (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Adenopathy (unspecified), Cancer(Gastric) (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Antidote(Sulfur) (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Food (unspecified), Nausea (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Cholera (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants can be grown by seed, cuttings or by grafting.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	120 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°)	18 - 23
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	18 - 34
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-