The origin of Plum tree

　Plum Tree native to China. In the 1975, the fruit nuclei of plum, which had been unearthed in the tomb of Yin Dynasty in Anyang, Henan province, were discovered for more than 3,000 years. Linked to 1972 in Changsha, Hunan, also unearthed a number of plum nuclei. On the bamboo unearthed at the same time, remember the word Yuanmei, also has 2,150 years. "Tao Hongjing", "The famous doctor" of the "Compendium of Materia Medica", Records: "Plum born in Hanzhong Valley", and "Hanchuan Shu River and Lake Huai Ling have it".Available data show that wild plum is widely distributed in mountainous areas 1300-2600 meters above sea level in southwest China, especially in Yunnan and Sichuan, and in the low-altitude mountains (300-1000 meters) in the east to the west of Hubei, and in the areas of dense, wheat and other places (2100-3300 meters above sea level) in Tibet, where there is also a wild plum distribution, This is the center of Wild plum distribution in China. In addition, Guangdong, Fujian, and the mountains of central and northern Taiwan have also found wild plum. Home plum, especially ornamental plum, is widely distributed throughout China. True Plum Direct Branch plum is the most common and most diverse category

　　　　

　Outside China, plum is mainly located in East Asia. Ume (Plum) is the Japanese name of Plum tree. Plum tree species have been introduced to Japan and Korea since ancient China and are widely cultivated as flower-viewing tree species. It says there are nearly 300 different varieties of plum in Japan, wild type, purple flower variant and so on. Among them, the variants of plum and apricot are the source tree species of advanced plum.

Classification of plum trees

　Plum is a deciduous tree; The tree is 4,110 meters high. The trunk is a multi-longitudinal stripe. Plum's flowering period is in late January and February, first flowers and leaves. Flower five-petal, diameter 1~3 cm. Flower wild type is white, there are red rose and crimson and other artificial variants. Leaves are quickly drawn out after the flowers fall. Leaf elliptic, leaf tip arrow-shaped. The fruit ripens in early summer. Because the ripening period of fruit coincides with the rainy season in Jiangnan, China, this period is also known as the plum rain season. Fruit round, from the handle to the tip of a shallow
groove.Peel Green, gradually turn yellow after picking, and may appear red, at this time
indicating that the fruit has matured. The pulp is yellow.