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The Damson is an edible drupaceous fruit, a cultivated variety of the plum tree, Prunus domestica subsp. insititia. It is also known as the Bullace or Damask Plum. The name Damson derives from the Latin prunum damascunum, "plum of Damascus". It is believed that damsons were first cultivated in antiquity in the area around the ancient city of Damascus, capital of modern-day Syria, and were introduced into England by the Romans. This latter point has been proven, as remnants of damsons are often ...

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See text A plum is a stone fruit tree in the genus Prunus, subgenus Prunus. The subgenus is distinguished from other subgenera (peaches, cherries, bird cherries, etc) in the shoots having a terminal bud and the side buds solitary (not clustered), the flowers being grouped 1-5 together on short stems, and the fruit having a groove running down one side, and a smooth stone. The subgenus is divided into three sections: Sect. Prunus (Old World plums). Leaves in bud rolled inwards; flo ... Including:

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Plum fruit is sweet, juicy and edible, and it can be eaten fresh or used in jam-making or other recipes. Plum juice can be fermented into plum wine; when distilled, this produces a brandy known in Eastern Europe as Slivovitz. Dried plums are known as prunes. Prunes are sweet and juicy, and they have a very high dietary fiber content, so prune juice is often used to help regulate the functioning of the digestive system. It also contains several antioxidants that may slow aging. Prune marketers in the United States have, in recent years ...

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Note: these lists are probably incomplete. Prunus - Old World:. Prunus armeniaca - Apricot. Central Asia to China. Prunus avium - Wild Cherry, also called the Gean, Mazzard, or Sweet Cherry, and the parent of most of the edible cherries. Europe to West Asia. Prunus brigantina - Briançon Apricot. Southeast France. Prunus campanulata - Bell-flowered Cherry. Southern China, Taiwan. Prunus canescens - Greyleaf Cherry. China.

The genus Prunus includes the almond, apricot, cherry, peach and plum, all of which have cultivars developed for commercial fruit production. The edible part of the almond is the seed; the almond fruit is a drupe and not a "nut". There are also a number of species, hybrids, and cultivars grown strictly as ornamental plants, usually for their profusion of flowers, occasionally for leaves and bark. These ornamentals include the group that may be collectively ca ...

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List of wild foods - Flowers. elderflower violet List of wild foods - Fruits. Wild-gathered fruit may find its way into commerce. This is quite common in Scandinavia and Finland, where the law allows the public to gather from national forests. Some fruits are almost entirely obtained from wild plants: bilberry buffaloberry crowberry cloudberry lingonberry pawpaw juneberry juniper berry chokeber ...

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