The King of Dried Fruits: Plum - Origin of Green Plum, Weight Loss, and Seven Health Benefits You Need to Know

Plum, also known as green plum, is a common fruit in June. It is deeply loved by people for its abundant juice and sour taste with a hint of sweetness. Regular consumption can provide anti-cancer and anti-allergy benefits, making its nutritional value extremely high. Sowhere is plum produced? Can eating it help with weight loss? What are its benefits?

I. Where is plum produced?

Plum is a summer seasonal fruit that hits the market in June. It is grown on a large scale in Yunnan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan, China, and other regions. Among them, plums produced in Yunnan, Fujian, and Guangdong have a better taste. The following are the specific distribution areas of plum:

Origin 1: Lishui District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province

Origin 2: Zhao'an County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province

Origin 3: Puning City and Jieyang City, Luogang and Wenchong in Guangzhou City, Luhe County in Shanwei City, and Chao'an in Guangdong Province

Origin 4: Xiaoshan District in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province; Chaoshan Scenic Area in Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province; Changxing County in Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province; Fenghui Town in Shangyu City, Zhejiang Province; Fenghua City, Zhejiang Province; Shengzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Origin 5: Nanbao and Tainan in Taiwan, China

Origin 6: Zhongshan County, Guangxi

II. Can eating plums help with weight loss?

Eating plums can help with weight loss because plums contain large amounts of inorganic acids, organic acids, and alkaline substances that can fully promote the rapid conversion of body fat to achieve weight loss. At the same time, plums stimulate appetite and aid digestion. If you have a poor appetite, eating a few plums can help open up your appetite.

III. What are the benefits of eating plums?

1. Eating plums can delay aging: Plums can stimulate the body to secrete parotid hormone, which can effectively promote skin metabolism and achieve anti-aging effects.

2. Eating plums can promote digestion: Plums contain catechuic acid, which has a stimulating effect on the secretions produced by the salivary glands and gastric glands, promoting gastrointestinal motility and rapid digestion.

3. Eating plums can expel parasites: Plums have a certain inhibitory effect on roundworms, tapeworms, and others. Regular consumption can effectively expel roundworms, tapeworms, and others from the body.

4. Eating plums can provide antibacterial benefits: Plum water decoction has a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus, Escherichia coli, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Pneumococcus, and others. Regular consumption can achieve antibacterial effects.

5. Eating plums can provide anti-allergy benefits: Plum water decoction can resist protein allergies, so regular consumption can provide anti-allergy effects.

6. Eating plums can relieve fatigue: Plums contain large amounts of potassium, and regular consumption can effectively relieve fatigue and refresh the mind.

7. Plums can provide anti-cancer benefits: Plums have an inhibitory effect on cervical cancer. Trying plum flesh can effectively provide anti-cancer benefits.

IV. When do plums ripen and hit the market?

Since there are many varieties of plums and they are planted in different regions, the time when plums ripen and hit the market is not uniform. Generally, some regions have them on the market during the plum rain season in mid-June, and at the latest they ripen and hit the market in early July. Some start hitting the market as early as the end of April, and the picking period is only about ten days.

V. What is the difference between plums and Japanese plums?

1. Difference in taste: When plums ripen, they taste sour; when Japanese plums ripen, they taste very sweet.

2. Difference in trees: The plum tree is a small tree that can reach 4-10 m in height, with bark that is light gray or greenish, and green branchlets. The Japanese plum tree is a deciduous tree that can reach 9-12 m in height, with grayish-brown bark and yellow-red branchlets.

3. Difference in flowering period and ripening time: Plums flower in winter and spring, and bear fruit in May-June. Japanese plums flower in April and bear fruit in July-August.

4. Difference in appearance: Plums are nearly spherical, yellow or greenish-white, with a diameter of 2-3 cm. Japanese plums are nearly conical, ovoid, or spherical, yellow, green, purple, or red, with a diameter of 3.5-5 cm.

5. Difference in benefits: Plums are warm in nature and sour in taste, with benefits such as promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, expelling parasites, stopping diarrhea, and relieving cough. Japanese plums nourish yin and promote fluid production, with benefits such as aiding digestion, lowering blood pressure, relieving cough, and clearing the liver.