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Plum
Prunus domestica
Prunus domestica (sometimes referred to as Prunus × domestica), the European plum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. A deciduous tree, it includes many varieties of the fruit trees known as plums in English, though not all plums belong to this species. The greengages and damsons also belong to subspecies of P. domestica.
From the article Prunus domestica on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
It typically forms a large shrub or a small tree. It may be somewhat thorny, with white blossom, borne in early spring. The oval or spherical fruit varies in size, but can be up to 8 centimetres (3 inches) across. The pulp is usually sweet, but some varieties are sour. Like all Prunus fruits, it contains a single large seed, usually called a stone, which is discarded when eating.
At the table
The pulp is edible and usually sweet, though some varieties are sour and require cooking with sugar to make them palatable. Plums are grown commercially in orchards, but modern rootstocks, together with self-fertile strains, training and pruning methods, allow single plums to be grown in relatively small spaces. Their early flowering and fruiting means that they require a sheltered spot away from frosts and cold winds. Most prunes (dried plums) are made from fruits of this species.
Wikipedia: “Uses”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Worksop Bestiary
Anonymous · 1185 · p.69
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.798
Hermann Schlegel — Monographie des toerako's (1860)
Hermann Schlegel · 1860 · p.41
Illustrations of Auspicious Omens
900 · p.13
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 69)
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.70
Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting, Vol. 1b
Wang Gai · 1868 · p.9
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1705 · p.33
Jan Jonston — Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren (1660)
Jan Jonston · 1660 · p.231
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.365
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.291
Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des grimpereaux et des oiseaux de paradis (1802)
Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1802 · p.292
Hermann Schlegel — Traité de fauconnerie (1844)
Hermann Schlegel · 1844 · p.133
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 63735.