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Damson
Damson plum fruit.jpg
Ripe damsons
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Rosales
Family:
Rosaceae
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
P. subg. Prunus
Section:
P. sect. Prunus
Species:
P. domestica
Subspecies:
P. d. subsp. insititia
Trinomial name
Prunus domestica subsp. insititia
(L.) C.K.Schneid.

A damson is a kind of plum. Like the plum, it comes from the Rosaceae family. Originally, the fruit comes from the Mediterranean. Damsons are thought to be members of the 'European Plum' family, which also includes greengage, mirabelle, quetsche, and Italian prune plums. The damson is generally less sweet than other kinds of plum and is used in jams, jellies, and liqueurs.


Images for kids

  • Cvet šljive 2

    Damson flowers

  • Darwin Domestic 143

    Comparison of plum stones: Shropshire damson shown top row, second from left (no. 2). From Charles Darwin's Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication

  • Page 14 plum - Imperial Gage, Shropshire Damson, Lombard, Maynard, Yellow Egg

    Shropshire Damson, shown at centre left. Other plums shown are Imperial Gage (labelled 1), Lombard (3), Maynard (4) and Yellow Egg (5).

See also

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