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Dessert Fruit - Rose Family (plum, peach, apple, etc.)

           

Rosaceae - Rose family
(one of the many wild plums) **zt 5** Scientific Name
Bushy tree grows 10-12 feet tall. Flower is about 1" wide growing in clusters. Fruit is yellow and red and about 1/2" diameter.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, July 2004
Flower photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, March 2005
(Native of ?)

Hunting Similar Species

Most likely Oklahoma Plum Prunus gracilis
Thicket forming shrub to 6 feet tall. Reddish brown twigs. Leaves velvety. White flowers in small clusters but can cover limbs. Fruit is red.
(Native of Texas - Callahan, Coke, Fisher)

Possible Hog Plum (Flatwoods Plum) Prunus umbellata
Small tree that can form thickets. Dark bark has horizontal stripes. No thorns. Fruit is yellow turning red. Fruit is edible and used for jellies.
(Native of Texas - Coleman, Brown)

Similar Species

Chickasaw Plum Prunus angustifolia
Tree to 30 feet tall, thicket forming, twiggy. Short crooked trunk with scaly black bark. Reddish branches with thorn-like twigs. White flowers. Fruit, yellow turning red. Fall leaves, yellow.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, etc.)

European Plum Prunus x domestica
Large shrub or small tree. This is the grocery store fruit. It is a cultivated hybrid, which has many varieties.
(Introduced - not listed as wild in my area)

Bigtree Plum (Mexican Plum) Prunus mexicana
Large tree to 35 feet tall. Trunk is blue-gray with dark stripes. White flowers. Large leaves. Fruit is yellow turning purple. Fruit is edible.
(Native of Texas - Brown)

           

Rosaceae - Rose family
Peach Prunus persica
This tree is an escapee, grown from a pit tossed from a car into a country fence row. Fragrant 1"-2" wide pink flowers bloom before leaves grow. Leaves 3"-6" long. Rounded tree, to 24 feet tall. Fruit (drupe) are large and fuzzy, green turning yellow and red.
Flower photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, March 2005
Green fruit and leaf photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, July 2005
(Introduced, native of China, widely cultivated in Texas)