| Family |
Rosaceae |
| Scientific name |
Prunus mume Siebold & Zuccarini |
| Synonyms |
Armeniaca mume Siebold; Prunus mume Siebold & Zuccarini var. tonsa
Rehder |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) ume |
| (English common name) Japanese apricot |
| Distribution |
(Japan) garden plants |
| (Other nations) [native] China |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=16 |
| Description |
Leaves 4-10cm length. Flowers pink or white 1.5-3.5cm, flowering in October
to April (mainly in October to December and in April). Deciduous. Shrub
or sunarbor. |
| Reference |
Prunus mume Siebold & Zucc. |
| Method for promoting formation of fruit abscising layer (US Patent 3784366/1974) |
| Plant growth regulator (US Patent 4449997/1984) |
| Dyed textile products and a method of producing them (US Patent 5221289/1993) |
| Antiviral agent containing crude drug (US Patent 5411733/1995) |
| Antibiotic preparation and use of the same in plants (US Patent 5604208/1997) |
| Polymers containing antimicrobial agents and methods for making and using same (US Patent 5906825/1999) |
| Retrovirus protease inhibitors (US Patent 5916919/1999) |
| Herbal skin regeneration composition and method (US Patent 6027728/2000) |
| Wet cleaning system with shrinkage prevention agent (US Patent 6184193/2001) |
| Symptomatic relief of allergic reactions (US Patent 6432455/2002) |
| Herbal remedies for treating allergies and asthma (US Patent 6630176/2003) |
| Cinnamomi and poria composition, method to prepare same and uses thereof (US Patent 6569468/2003) |
| Beverage containing a kayu-like fermentation product (US Patent 6641856/2003) |
| Drugs and health foods (US Patent 6699513/2004) |
| Health food products (US Patent 6793943/2004) |
| Herbal compositions and uses for the treatment of allergic reactions (US Patent 6814985/2004) |
| Hair dye and hair-dyeing methods using the same (US Patent 6849096/2005) |
| Liquid cleansing composition having simultaneous exfoliating and moisturizing properties (US Patent 6924256/2005) |
| Method for detecting proteins under mutual interaction (US Patent 7122382/2006) |
| Crude drug compositions and the process for preparing them (US Patent 7247325/2007) |
| Polynucleotides and polypeptides that confer increased biomass and tolerance to cold, water deprivation and low nitrogen to plants (US Patent 7196245/2007) |
