1, the shape of the plum is oval, plum is round. 2, the fruit period is different: prunes in September each year fruit ripe, plums in July to August each year fruit ripe. 3, the taste is different: prunes taste sweet, plums taste acidic. 4, the origin is different: the origin of the plums are mostly in foreign countries, southwestern France and the United States of America, California is one of the larger origin, the plums are widely distributed in the south-central region of our country.

About Prune

Prune belongs to the Rosaceae family, the genus Li, the European plum species, also known as Chilean prune, California prune, French black dates and so on. Although called plum, but in fact is a kind of plum, shaped like apricot plum.

About Plum

Plum is a plant of the family Rosaceae, genus Li. Deciduous tree, 9-12 meters high; crown widely rounded, bark gray-brown, undulating; old branches purple-brown or reddish-brown, glabrous; branchlets yellowish-red, glabrous; leaf blade oblong-obovate, long elliptic, sparse oblong-ovate, 6-8 centimeters long, 3-5 centimeters wide, apex acuminate, acute or short caudate, base cuneate, with a cuneate-obtuse biserrate margins, often mixed with a single serration; stipules membranous, linear; petiole 1-2 cm, usually glabrous; flowers 1-12 meters high. 2 cm, usually glabrous; flowers usually 3 concurrent; pedicels 1-2 cm, usually glabrous; flowers 1.5-2.2 cm in diameter; calyx tube campanulate; drupe globose, ovoid, or subconical, 3.5-5 cm in diameter, up to 7 cm in cultivars; drupe ovoid or oblong, rugose.