What is smoked plum, and what is its market price per jin?

In daily life, we often see fruits such as strawberries, yangmei (Chinese bayberry), prunes, and green plums; they are usually fresh, though of course some are also made into dried fruit or candied fruit, and the smoked plum we see is basically dried fruit. So, do you know what smoked plum is?

1. What is smoked plum?

1. Smoked plum is the near-ripe fruit of the plum (Prunus mume), a plant in the Rosaceae family, genus Prunus. The plant is a small tree 4-10 m tall, with bark that is light gray or tinged with green; the leaves are ovate or elliptical; the flowering period is winter and spring, with white to pink flowers; the fruiting period is May-June, with yellow or greenish-white fruit. It is cultivated throughout China, mainly produced in Sichuan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, and Guizhou, and also produced in Guangdong, Hubei, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Guangxi, and other places.

2. Smoked plum is a fruit, generally ripening in May-June; the fruit is nearly spherical, 2-3 cm in diameter, yellow or greenish-white, and sour in taste; it is generally processed into products such as dried smoked plum, smoked plum juice, smoked plum cola, smoked plum flesh, and smoked plum charcoal. It contains ingredients such as citric acid, malic acid, succinic acid, sugars, sitosterol, and vitamin C, and has an ideal antibacterial effect; however, note that it must not be eaten together with pork, as eating them together can cause poisoning.

3. Smoked plum is a traditional Chinese medicine; the medicinal part is the dried unripe fruit of the plum, generally harvested in summer when the fruit is nearly ripe. The medicinal material is nearly spherical or oblate-spherical, 1.5-3 cm in diameter, with a black or brownish-black surface. It has the effects of astringing the lungs, astringing the intestines, promoting fluid production, and calming roundworms, and is mainly used to treat chronic cough due to lung deficiency, chronic diarrhea and chronic dysentery, wasting-thirst due to deficiency heat, and roundworm-caused vomiting and abdominal pain, with a dosage of 6-12 g; it should not be eaten in large amounts or over a long period.

2. What is the market price of smoked plum per jin?

Smoked plum is a product that is both medicine and food, and the market divides it into seven grades: processed selected large grains, raw unsorted whole fruits, processed selected small grains, processed unsorted whole fruits, raw selected grade 1, raw selected grade 2, and raw selected grade 3. Different grades and different places of origin mean different prices, and the specific price depends on the local market. According to information provided by the 8u58 Medicinal Materials Network and the Chinese Medicinal Materials Market Network, the market prices of smoked plum are:

1. 8u58 Medicinal Materials Network: processed selected large grains 35 yuan/kg, raw unsorted whole fruits 26 yuan/kg, processed selected small grains 33 yuan/kg, processed unsorted whole fruits 28 yuan/kg, raw selected grade 1 33 yuan/kg, raw selected grade 2 29 yuan/kg, raw selected grade 3 27 yuan/kg.

2. Chinese Medicinal Materials Market Network: at the Hehuachi medicinal materials market, raw selected grade 3 (Sichuan) 27 yuan/kg, raw selected grade 2 (Sichuan) 29 yuan/kg, raw selected grade 1 (Sichuan) 31 yuan/kg, raw unsorted whole fruits (Sichuan) 26.5 yuan/kg, processed unsorted whole fruits (Sichuan) 29 yuan/kg. At the Yulin medicinal materials market, raw unsorted whole fruits (Sichuan) 25 yuan/kg, processed unsorted whole fruits (Sichuan) 28 yuan/kg. At the Bozhou medicinal materials market, raw unsorted whole fruits (Sichuan) 26 yuan/kg, processed unsorted whole fruits (Sichuan) 29 yuan/kg. At the Anguo medicinal materials market, raw selected grade 1 (Sichuan) 34 yuan/kg, processed selected large grains (Sichuan) 35 yuan/kg, processed selected small grains (Sichuan) 33 yuan/kg, processed unsorted whole fruits (Sichuan) 26 yuan/kg, raw unsorted whole fruits (Sichuan) 25 yuan/kg.

Smoked plum is the near-ripe fruit of the plum (Prunus mume), a plant in the Rosaceae family, genus Prunus; it is a product that is both medicine and food, and can be used both as a fruit and as a traditional Chinese medicine; the market divides it into seven grades, and different grades and different places of origin mean different prices, so the specific price can be checked at the local market.