Rosaceae
Japanese apricot
Prunus mume
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
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Common names
By language (41)
- arz
- برقوق مومى
- Basque
- Japoniar aranondo, Txinatar aranondo, Ume
- Bulgarian
- Японска кайсия
- Burmese
- ဆားငန်သီးပင်, ဆားချိုသီးပင်
- Cantonese
- 梅
- Catalan
- Albercoquer japonès, Prunera de la Xina
- cdo
- Muòi-huă
- Chinese
- 梅, 干枝梅, 春梅, 酸梅, 乌梅, 梅子, 梅子樹, 梅樹
- Czech
- Meruňka japonská
- Dutch
- Japanse abrikoos, Ume
- English
- Japanese apricot, Chinese plum, Ume, Green plum, Sour green plum
- Esperanto
- Umeo, Japana abrikoto
- Finnish
- Japaninaprikoosi, Ume
- French
- Abricotier du Japon, Prune verte
- German
- Ume, Japanische Aprikose, Japanische Pflaume
- hak
- Mòi-fâ
- hsb
- Japanski aprikozowc
- Hungarian
- Japán kajszi
- Indonesian
- Ume
- Italian
- Albicocco del Giappone, Albicocco giapponese, Ume
- Japanese
- ウメ, ウメ（梅）, ウバイ, コウバイ, ハクバイ, 初名草, 匂草, 好文木
- Korean
- 매실나무, 매실, 매조, 매화, 매화나무, 매화나무꽃
- Lithuanian
- Japoninis abrikosas
- lzh
- 梅
- mnc
- ᠨᡝᠨᡩᡝᠨ ᡳᠯᡥᠠ
- Persian
- پرونوس مومه, اومه
- Polish
- Morela japońska, Morela Mume, Ume
- Romanian
- Ume
- Russian
- Слива японская, Японская слива
- Serbian
- Кинеска шљива
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမႆႉမွမ်ႈ, တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇမွမ်ႈ
- Slovenian
- Mumovec, Japonska marelica
- Spanish
- Ume
- Swedish
- Ume
- tay
- Naboho’
- Thai
- บ๊วย
- Ukrainian
- Японська слива, Абрикос японський, Слива японська, Уме, Японський абрикос
- Uzbek
- Yapon oʻrigi
- Vietnamese
- Mơ, Mai mơ, Mơ mai, Mơ Nhật Bản, Mơ ta, Mận Nhật Bản
- wuu
- 梅
- za
- Vamoiz
Synonyms
- Armeniaca mume Siebold
- Armeniaca mume de Vriese
- Prunopsis mume (Siebold) André
- Prunopsis mume (Siebold) Andr‚
Photos
Photo: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KKPCW, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KKPCW, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KKPCW, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 明芳 松岡, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.