Mume is a dry and nearly ripe fruit of Prunus mume in Rosaceae. Mainly produced in Sichuan, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places, ebony tastes sour, astringent and flat in nature, and enters liver, spleen, lung and large intestine meridians. It has the effects of astringing the intestine to stop diarrhea, astringing the lung to stop cough, promoting fluid production to quench thirst and so on.
Mume is a dry and nearly ripe fruit of Prunus mume in Rosaceae. The bark of the original plant is light gray or light green, with many branches. Simple leaves alternate; Petiole, usually glandular. Stipules 2 pieces, linear, with fine sharp teeth at the edge. Leaf blade ovate to oblong-ovate, margin with fine sharp teeth, brownish yellow along vein back. Flowers solitary or 2 in clusters, white or pink. Aromatic. Usually opens before leaves. Drupe is spherical, with shallow grooves on one side, green coat, yellow when ripe, hard and grooved.
The surface is black or brown-black, with uneven shrinkage and round fruit stalk marks at the base. The stone is hard, oval, brown and has pits on the surface. Seeds oblate and yellowish. Slight breath and extremely sour taste.