Name: Plum Tree
Latin name: Prunus domestica
Foliage:
Deciduous
Description: The term "Prunus"
comes from latin and is the name of the generus, the word "domestic" refers to native from a place. It is a fruit
of the Rosaceae family tree, is native to Europe and Asia, sowing for more than
two thousand years in the countries that border the Mediterranean Sea and the
Black Sea, specifically in the Caucasus, Anatolia, and Persia.
The trunk is straight and narrow, and the skin is smooth and brown. The
young shoots are green and pubescent; the old branches on the other hand, are smooth
and brown, sometimes spiny.
The leaves are oval and serrated.
The flowers appear before the leaves, as green brownish and arise in
small groups. Its fruit is the plum, round or elongated, of yellow, red, purple
or green colors.