Plums are temperate fruits which when mature are often covered by a wax coating called "wax bloom". This gives them a bluish-grey appearance. This page provides some basic information on plums or prunes, together with plum photos and some proverbs and quotes about plums.

| Scientific name: | Prunus domestica |
| English: | Plum |
| English: | Prune |
| English: | Common plum |
| English: | European plum |
| Dutch: | Pruim |
| Dutch: | Pruimenboom |
| Dutch: | Europese cultuurpruim |
| Dutch: | Kwets |
| Spanish: | Ciruelo |
| French: | Prunier |
| French: | Prune |
| German: | Pflaume |
| German: | Kultur-Pflaume |
| Italian: | Susino |
| Italian: | Susina |
| Italian: | Prugna |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Order: | Rosales |
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| Evergreen or deciduous: | Deciduous |
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| Fruits: | Plum fruits are juicy with a sweet but sometimes tart taste (especially the skin). |
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| Harvesting: | Hand picking, or shaking the tree and picking them up. |
| Uses: | Usually eaten fresh. Sometimes used to make plum wine.
Some plums are sold dried. Plums have a laxative effect. |
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