Talk:Prunus mume

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Recently there are edits about the common name of Prunus mume, however the common name of Prunus mume is "Japanese apricot" according to the following reliable sources.

• "Prunus mume Siebold & Zucc". USDA, ARS, U.S. National Plant Germplasm System. Common Names - English - Japanese apricot (Reference(s): World economic plants)
• "Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc". MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE, The University of Melbourne. ENGLISH : Japanese apricot.

"Chinese plum", "ume" or "mume" is not common names of Prunus mume. "Chinese plum" is referred to "Prunus salicina".

• "Prunus salicina Lindley". MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE. The University of Melbourne. ENGLISH : Japanese plum, Chinese plum.

"ume" and "mume" are simply transliterations of Japanese or Chinese words. If any objections to this comment, I will edit this article accordingly. ―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 10:28, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

The recent edit in common names added the term "mei" to coincide with "ume", both mostly somewhat known inside their own cultural groups. No big objection from me to remove both from the common names, the names section covers those terms nicely and I think we can leave it at that. "Chinese plum" generally refers to the Prunus mume, more than the salicina, a quick google search shows it. I highly oppose to removing "Chinese plum" and make this article a big POV. I haven't seen any concrete English name for it if it even excists, so my suggestion.... is to leave it at Chinese plum and Japanese apricot for the common names. Caca7 (talk) 15:29, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

I couldn't find any reliable sources that say "Chinese plum" is a common name of "Prunus mume". Unless you provide reliable sources to prove it, I will remove the name from this article. ―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 00:23, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

I went ahead and added the reference in the article if that's ok. http://www.kew.org/plants-fungi/Prunus-mume.htm Caca7 (talk) 02:05, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

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I'm not a botanist but I removed the claim that Prunus zhengheensis (either a subspecies or a separate species) "is a tree 35–40 m (110–130 ft) tall", since this is highly unlikely, given that standard ume tops 10m maximum. It looks like they accidentally converted feet to meters twice. I can't find data on the real height, so I left it with no information about the height of the subspecies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asdrubalissimo (talk • contribs) 23:25, 21 October 2025 (UTC)