Japanese Apricot (Prunus mume)

Family: Rosaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Pink, White. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Mid spring. Form: Rounded, Vase.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries, Nuts/Seeds, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring in tea. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; Hard and sour even when fully ripe, it is scarcely edible.; It is, however, widely used in the Orient where it is usually pickled and then used as a condiment and a vegetable.; This is the umboshi plum that can be found in oriental stores.

Habitat & North American Range

Thickets in W. China, 300 - 2500 metres. Forested slopes, beside streams, slopes along trails, sparse forests, mountains at elevations of 1700 - 3100 metres. (Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)