Prunus vachuschtii facts for kids

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In fruit
Scientific classification

Prunus vachuschtii is a species of plum known by the common name in Georgian: ალუჩა, romanized: alucha. It is native to the Caucasus region.

Uses

The fruit are green even when ripe

In Georgia, it is eaten in hand and is used to make tkemali, a tart sauce for meat dishes. Although it is probably conspecific with Prunus cerasifera, the cherry plum (in Georgian: ტყემალი, romanized: t'q'emali), Georgians distinguish the two botanically and culinarily. In the Caucasus, P. vachuschtii tends to be found from Caspian sea level up to 500–700 m and P. cerasifera tends to be found at higher elevations, up to 1600–1800 m.

Classification

N. N. Bregadze, who was apparently quite the splitter, described the species in 1976, and identified three forms; Prunus vachuschtii f. imeretinea, P. v. f. meczibuche, and P. v. f. vachuschtii.