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Emilie asked in Science & MathematicsBotany · 1 decade ago

Does anyone know what kind of fruit this is? (olive-sized plum, pics inside)?

Does anyone know what kind of fruit this is?

They are about the size of olives, but taste like plums. The skin is a dark indigo color, but the flesh is orange and red, like plums. It contains a long, pointed, flat pit.

Here are some pictures I took: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/61539586/

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/61539522/

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I am almost certain that these are damsons. The damson is a very distinct variety of plum (Prunus domestica), with a quite different flavour. I'm surprised noone else got this. I knew it just from your description, which was very good btw!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damson

    Listen to shitzu girl. Prune is a truly retarded answer as a prune is indeed a product which can be made from plums and not a kind of plant. She could also be correct in her identification. When a plum pit grows naturally into a tree it often reverts to a wild type, with smaller fruits, like its European ancestor.

    Source(s): Botany student
  • 1 decade ago

    They are "wild plums" I made jelly/jam out of some last year.

    Whoever has said that they are prunes are WRONG... prunes are DRIED plums!... so don't listen to them!

  • 1 decade ago

    In Austria we would call it "Zwetschke" (don't even try to pronounce it) very popular here, my mother has a tree in her garden. Very tasty.

    Curious Orange gave the English name - so no need to repeat it.

  • 1 decade ago

    Curious Orange is absolutely right!

    @ Martin S: I think the spelling is "Zwetschge". We also use that word in Bavarian dialect.

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  • 1 decade ago

    That would be a prune. Smaller than the average plum, but just as tasty.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    it could be "duhat", a filipino fruit that taste sweet/tangy... talso called black plu or java plum... though you said that the flesh is orange/red...duhat has white flesh... just a guess...

  • 1 decade ago

    beach plum?

  • 1 decade ago

    it's plums you just have such a bumper crop that they are dinky.

  • 1 decade ago

    i thought they were blueberries at first but they dont look like em when you look closer. They are probably some foreign fruit.

  • 1 decade ago

    Prunes?

    EDIT: Yes, they are prunes.

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