Rosaceae
Japanese plum
Prunus salicina
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- برقوق ياباني
- Bulgarian
- Китайска слива
- Burmese
- မက်မန်းပင်
- Chinese
- 中国李, 中國李, 嘉庆子, 嘉应子, 山李子, 李, 李子, 李子花
- Czech
- Slivoň vrbová
- Dutch
- Japanse pruim, Perzikpruim
- English
- Japanese plum, Chinese plum, Chinese plum tree, Japanese plum tree
- Finnish
- Japaninluumu
- German
- Chinesischer Pflaumenbaum, Chinesische Pflaume, Japanischer Pflaumenbaum
- Hungarian
- Japánszilva
- Japanese
- スモモ, 李, 酢桃
- Korean
- 자두나무, 자두
- Persian
- آلوی ژاپنی
- Russian
- Слива китайская
- Serbian
- Јапанска шљива
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇမၼ်ႉ
- Slovenian
- Japonska sliva
- Turkish
- Japon eriği
- Ukrainian
- Слива китайська
- Vietnamese
- Mận hậu
Synonyms
- Cerasus salicina (Lindl.) Loudon
- Prunus botan hort. ex Chow
- Prunus salicina var. typica Nakai
- Prunus trifolia Roxb.
Flowers
- In flower
- April (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.