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Prunus cerasifera is a species of plum known by the common names cherry plum and myrobalan plum. [ 3] It is native to Southeast Europe [ 4][ 5][ 6] and Western Asia, [ 3][ 7] and is naturalised in the British Isles [ 4] and scattered locations in North America. [ 8][ 9][ 10] Also naturalized in parts of SE Australia where it is considered to be ...
Prunus americana, commonly called the American plum, [6] wild plum, or Marshall's large yellow sweet plum, is a species of Prunus native to North America from Saskatchewan and Idaho south to New Mexico and east to Québec, Maine and Florida. [7] Prunus americana has often been planted outside its native range and sometimes escapes cultivation. [8]
Prunus subcordata is an erect deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 8 meters (26 feet) in height with a trunk diameter of up to 15 centimeters (6 inches). [ 2] It sprouts from its roots and can form dense, spiny thickets. The bark is gray with horizontal brown lenticels, similar in appearance to that of the cultivated cherry tree.
Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival (see also § Names ), is a festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. Marking the end of winter and the beginning of spring, observances traditionally take place from Chinese New Year's Eve, the evening preceding the first day of ...
Prunus mume var. laciniata Maxim. Prunus mume is a Chinese tree species classified in the Armeniaca section of the genus Prunus subgenus Prunus. Its common names include Chinese plum,[ 2][ 3][ 4] Japanese plum, [ 5] and Japanese apricot. The flower, long a beloved subject in the traditional painting and poetry of Sinospheric countries ...
Li hing mui powder from Taiwan. Li hing mui powder is made of ground plum skin that has previously been pickled in a combination of licorice, red food coloring, salt, sugar, and occasionally aspartame and or saccharine. It can be used as a flavoring, usually sprinkled on candy and other fruits, notably pineapples, mangoes, guavas and apples.
The national flower of the Republic of China was officially designated as the plum blossom by the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China on 21 July 1964. [ 1] The plum blossom, known as the meihua ( Chinese: 梅花; pinyin: méihuā ), is a symbol for resilience and perseverance in the face of adversity, because plum blossoms often bloom most ...
PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER. August 7, 2024 at 3:52 PM. The family of a French explorer who died in a submersible implosion has filed a more than $50 million lawsuit, saying the crew ...