What is the variety of Bai Meihua?

Bai Meihua belongs to the green calyx type in plum blossom.

Bai Meihua is the dried flower of Rosaceae plum, also known as green sepals and green plums. It is spherical in appearance, about 4-8 mm in diameter, with 3-4 layers of bracts and pedicels at the base.

Bai Meihua likes to grow in a warm climate. Not cold-tolerant, with certain drought tolerance. It is afraid of being washed away by heavy rain when flowering, and has been planted in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places in China. When Bai Meihua first opened, the petals were light yellow-brown, with some green. When fully open, it is pure white or yellowish white, and the petals contain many yellow filiform stamens.

The difference between domestic plum and wild plum

1, Mei Jia is a white flower with green calyx and many petals, so it is commonly called "Bai Mei" or "Green Sepals Plum" with good quality. There are people with red and yellow calyx, commonly known as "red, white and plum".

2. Wild plum is white, with yellow calyx, few petals and inferior quality. The flower bud is spherical like a big soybean, with a diameter of 4~8mm, often pedicels at the base and 3~4 layers of bracts. Petals are usually folded and shriveled, white or yellowish white, broadly ovoid, with reddish-brown veins at the base. There are many stamens on the edge of receptacle, and the central oval ovary is densely hairy, and the style is slender and light.