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Bouea macrophylla, commonly known as gandaria or plum mango or mango plum in English, is a species of flowering plant native to Southeast Asia. The tree belongs to the family Anacardiaceae which also includes mango and cashew .
Trees in Chinese mythology and culture tend to range from more-or-less mythological such as the Fusang tree and the Peaches of Immortality cultivated by Xi Wangmu to mythological attributions to such well-known trees, such as the pine, the cypress, the plum and other types of prunus, the jujube, the cassia, and certain as yet unidentified trees.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 November 2024. Edible fruit For other uses, see Plum (disambiguation). "Plumtree" redirects here. For the Canadian band, see Plumtree (band). For other uses, see Plumtree (disambiguation). African Rose plums (Japanese or Chinese plum). A plum is a fruit of some species in Prunus subg. Prunus. Dried ...
The name is derived from Philippine Hokkien Chinese: 鹹梅; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâm-muî; lit. 'salted plum'. The li hing mui powder mixture (anise, licorice, salt, sugar, and powdered plum seeds) was also introduced and is sold separately as kiam-muy-hoon (or simply "kiamoy powder", Hokkien Chinese : 鹹梅 粉 ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : kiâm-muî hún ...
The plant is known by a number of different names in English, including Chinese plum [2] and Japanese apricot. An alternative name is ume or mume. [2] Another alternative name is mei. [13] [17] The flower is known as the meihua (梅花) in Chinese, which came to be translated as "plum blossom" [18] or sometimes as "flowering plum". [19]
Add languages. Add links. Article; Talk; English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... Chinese plum is a common name for several plants ...
Chinese symbols and motifs are more than decorative designs as they also hold symbolic but hidden meanings which have been used and understood by the Chinese people for thousand of years; they often influenced by nature, which include the fauna, the flora, landscape, and clouds.
In Chinese art, the Four Gentlemen or Four Noble Ones (Chinese: 四君子; pinyin: Sì Jūnzǐ), is a collective term referring to four plants: the plum blossom, the orchid, the bamboo, and the chrysanthemum. [1] [2] The term compares the four plants to Confucian junzi, or "gentlemen".