Purple leaf plum belongs to a variety of Prunus cerasifera (Prunus cerasifera H.F. Atropurea (Jack). )Rehd。 Appearance is characterized by small deciduous trees, with purple leaves in the growing period, pale pink flowers in April, round fruit in July, with a diameter of about 2 cm and dark wine red.

The main uses of Prunus purpurea are: it is a famous foliage tree with purplish red leaves, small flowers, short flowering period, purplish red fruit and long fruit period. Solitary planting, row planting, sticking planting and group planting can be used in landscaping, which is suitable for planting in streets, flower beds, around buildings and on both sides of roads. Pay attention to color matching when configuring, which can give full play to its color aesthetic feeling. Therefore, the basic application attribute of purple leaf plum is landscaping tree species, not fruit trees.

Second, can the fruit of purple leaf plum be eaten?

Objectively speaking, purple leaf plum itself is a woody plant, which is related to fruit tree plum. It also spreads its leaves, blooms and bears fruit normally, but people choose different places to cultivate it. According to the relevant determination, plum fruit mainly contains water, sugar, vitamins, flavonoids, anthocyanins, coumarins, quercetin, neolignans, carotene and other components. Judging from these substances, it is ok to eat plums. There are no toxic substances, but the nutrients are not high, which is not good for the human body. Furthermore, the immature fruit has sour taste and bad taste. After July, the ripe fruit tastes sweet and sour, and there is not much juice, so it is no problem to eat.

It should be noted that people regard Prunus purpurea as a landscaping tree species, which is usually planted in parks, streets, roads and other places. The environmental conditions in these places are polluted by smoke and dust, and pesticides should be used to prevent insects in the management of landscaping trees. The fruit of purple leaf plum is definitely unclean, so I personally suggest not to pick the fruit of purple leaf plum and eat it casually, otherwise it will cause gastrointestinal discomfort.

To sum up, the ripe and clean fruit of purple leaf plum is edible; But it is best not to eat purple leaf plum fruit in landscaping, because its nutrition is not high, it tastes bad and it is not clean.