Prunus salicina
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Prunus |
Subgenus: | Prunus subg. Prunus |
Section: | Prunus sect. Prunus |
Species: | P. salicina
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Prunus salicina (syn. Prunus triflora or Prunus thibetica), commonly called the Japanese plum or Chinese plum, is a small deciduous tree native to China. It is now also grown in fruit orchards in Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Israel, the United States, and Australia.
Prunus salicina should not be confused with Prunus mume, a related species also grown in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Another tree, Prunus japonica, is also a separate species despite having a Latin name similar to Prunus salicina's common name. Plant breeder Luther Burbank devoted a lot of work to hybridizing this species with the Japanese plum (Prunus salicina) and developed a number of cultivars from the hybrid.[2]
Description
Prunus salicina grows up to 10 metres (33 ft) tall, and it has reddish-brown shoots. The leaves are 6–12 cm long and 2.5–5 cm broad, with serrate margins. The flowers are produced in early spring, each about 2 cm in diameter with five white petals.
The fruit is a drupe, 4–7 cm in diameter with yellow-pink flesh. It can be harvested in the summer. When fully ripe it can be eaten raw.[3]
Cultivation
Many different varieties of Prunus salicina, some being hybrid species, are cultivated in China. Prunus salicina is also widely cultivated in Japan and Korea. The most famous variety of this fruit in Vietnam is the Tam Hoa plum grown in Bắc Hà town, in Lào Cai Province.
Japanese cultivars were introduced into the United States in the latter half of the 19th century, where subsequent breeding produced many more cultivars, generally with larger fruit. Many of these American cultivars involve hybridization with P. simonii and P. cerasifera. One of the famous cultivars is “Santa Rosa”, named after the city in California.[4]
Most of the fresh plums sold in North American supermarkets are Prunus salicina cultivars or hybrids. They are grown on a large scale in a number of other countries, for example, they dominate the stone fruit industry in Western Australia.[5]
Uses
Culinary
In China, candied fruits are also sold preserved, flavoured with sugar, salt, and liquorice.
In Japan, while it is less commonly eaten than closely related Prunus mume, it is pickled and colored in a similar manner. Especially in Eastern Japan, many summer festivals sell pickled fruits covered in mizuame candy called anzuame (apricot candy, as apricots were traditionally used for the recipe). [6]
In both countries, it is also used half ripe as a flavouring in a liqueur called sumomo shu (すもも酒) in Japanesephoto .[7]
For other uses of this and similar species see plum.
Medicinal
The fruits are also used in Traditional Chinese medicine. Japanese plums cv. Crimson Globe may be taken as a source of antioxidants with a potential to counteract oxidation.[8]
Etymology
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The specific epithet, salicina, is derived from the Latin word for willow.[9]
See also
References
- ^ Rhodes, L.; Maxted, N. (2016). "Prunus salicina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T50247990A50247993. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T50247990A50247993.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Jones, D. F. (1928). "Burbank's Results with Plums". Journal of Heredity. 19 (8): 359–372. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a103021.
- ^ "Plum and Prune (Japanese: Prunus salicina; European: Prunus domestica)".
- ^ Boonprakob, U.; Byrne, D.H. (2003). "Species composition of Japanese plum founding clones as revealed by RAPD markers". Acta Horticulturae (622): 473–476. doi:10.17660/actahortic.2003.622.51. ISSN 0567-7572.
- ^ "Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia". 27 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ Media, USEN. "Comprehensive Guide on Japanese Food Stands in the Summer Festival". SAVOR JAPAN. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "桃形李酒系列·绍兴市果花香果酒有限公司". 21 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-21. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ González-Flores D, Velardo B, Garrido M, González-Gómez D, Lozano M, Ayuso M.C, Barriga C, Paredes S.D, Rodríguez A.B. (2011). "Ingestion of Japanese plums (Prunus salicina Lindl. cv. Crimson Globe) increases the urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin and total antioxidant capacity levels in young, middle-aged and elderly humans: Nutritional and functional characterization of their content". Journal of Food and Nutrition Research 50(4): 229-236.
- ^ "Plants For A Future Search Error". www.ibiblio.org. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
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