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Prunus salicina Lindl., woody plant of the family Rosaceae, glabrous branches, leaves rectangular inverted ovate or elliptical inverted ovate, peduncles glabrous, sepals oblong-ovate, petals white, oblong-ovate, fruits yellow or red, sometimes green or purple, covered with wax powder, flowering in April, fruit in July-August. [10]
Originally from southeastern China, Li is now cultivated in most areas around and south of the Qinling Mountains in China. [11] Li is highly adaptable to climate, and should grow in loose soil and well-drained places, often growing in hillside shrubland, valley sparse forests, or watersides, ditch bottoms, roadsides, etc. at altitudes of 400 to 2600 meters. [12] Li has many breeding methods, including cuttings seedling method, branch seedling method, grafting seedling method, seed seedling method, etc. [13]
"Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" records that plum flavor glycic acid, has the effect of clearing heat, generating jinjin, relieving water, strengthening the stomach, dispelling liver fire, and mainly treating deficiency and internal fever, thirst, ascites, unfavorable urination, indigestion and other diseases. [14] According to modern medical records, plums can promote the secretion of gastric acid and gastric digestive enzymes, help improve appetite and promote digestion, plum meat has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on liver cirrhosis, often eat plums also have the effect of beauty and skin lubrication. Plums can be eaten raw or preserved into fruit, can also be used to make canned food, and it can also be used as a raw material for making fruit wine. [15] The plum tree has wide branches, and the leaves are red from spring to autumn, especially in spring, which is a good foliage garden plant. [12]
