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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Prunus |
| Subgenus: | Prunus subg. Prunus |
| Section: | Prunus sect. Armeniaca |
| Species: | P. mume
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Prunus mume (common name mei) is a Chinese tree species of the genus Prunus.[2] Along with bamboo, the plant most intimately associated with art, literature and everyday life in China,[3] where it was later introduced to the remaining Sinosphere (Korea, Vietnam, and Japan). Mei flowers, or meihua (梅花), in the later winter and early spring, during the spring festival (春節), symbolizing endurance as being the first to flower despite the cold and is one of the Three Friends of Winter. Also referred to by its flowers plum blossom[4] or flowering plum. Although referred to as a plum in English, is classified in the Armeniaca section of the genus Prunus making this an apricot. In East Asian cuisine (Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese cuisine), the fruit, known as meizi (梅子), is used in juices, as a flavoring for alcohol, as a pickle, dried, and in sauces. It is also used in traditional medicine. Meihua is also appreciated for its characteristic fragrance, which uniquely identifies it from other apricots blossoms which do not exhibit this trait.[5]
Prunus mume should not be confused with the plum, Prunus salicina, a related species also grown in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, or the common apricot Prunus armeniaca, which is closely related under the same section.
- ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). Prunus mume. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T136775345A136775347. Downloaded on 24 March 2019.
- ^ Zhang Q, Chen W, Sun L, et al. (27 December 2012). "The genome of Prunus mume". Nature Communications. 3 (1): 1318. doi:10.1038/ncomms2290. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 3535359. PMID 23271652.
- ^ Valder P, ed. (1999). The garden plants of China. Portland, Or: Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-470-1.
- ^ Fan C (2010). Treatises of the Supervisor and Guardian of the Cinnamon Sea (Translated ed.). Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. LV. ISBN 978-0-295-99079-8.
- ^ Ding A, Bao F, Ding A, et al. (December 2022). "Cold Hardiness of Prunus mume 'Xiang Ruibai' and Its Parents Based on Biological Indexes and Physical Parameters". Forests. 13 (12): 2163. Bibcode:2022Fore...13.2163D. doi:10.3390/f13122163. ISSN 1999-4907.