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Uapaca kirkiana, the sugar plum or mahobohobo, is a species of dioecious plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to the southern Afrotropics, where it occurs in well-watered miombo woodlands. Within range it is one of the most popular wild fruits. It is rarely cultivated but trees are left when land is being cleared.
Amelanchier canadensis (bilberry, [2] Canadian serviceberry, chuckle-berry, currant-tree, [3] juneberry, shad-blow serviceberry, shad-blow, shadbush, shadbush serviceberry, sugarplum, thicket serviceberry) is a species of Amelanchier native to eastern North America in Canada from Newfoundland west to southern Ontario, and in the United States from Maine south to Alabama.
Amelanchier (/ æ m ə ˈ l æ n ʃ ɪər / am-ə-LAN-sheer), [1] also known as shadbush, shadwood or shadblow, serviceberry or sarvisberry (or just sarvis), juneberry, saskatoon, sugarplum, wild-plum [2] or chuckley pear, [3] is a genus of about 20 species of deciduous-leaved shrubs and small trees in the rose family ().
Sugar plums are widely associated with Christmas, through cultural phenomena such as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker (composed by Tchaikovsky, 1892), as well as the line, "The children were nestled all snug in their beds/While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads," from Clement C. Moore's poem A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823), better known as " 'Twas the Night Before Christmas".
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Sugarplum is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Amelanchier canadensis, native to eastern North America; Diospyros virginiana; Prune plum (Prunus domestica subsp. domestica) It may also refer to: A composition by jazz pianist Bill Evans from his 1971 album The Bill Evans Album
Sugar Plum attempts to turn Mother Ginger back into a toy, but Clara tinkers with the engine so it aims back at Sugar Plum when activated, turning her back into a porcelain doll and rendering her entire army lifeless. Thanked for restoring peace among the Realms and the destruction of Sugar Plum, Clara promises to visit in the future.
The prune plum tree is often found in streuobstwiesen.It grows to 6–10 metres (20–33 ft) in height; older trees have spreading branches. The bark is brownish.