Plum?

[144]

Ran across this over the weekend. Looks like a plum of some sorts, has thorns on the branches. Any help identifying would be appreciated.

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[Native Hunter]

It is a plum and likely a Chickasaw Plum. The only other choice in your area would be wild plum (I think). They look much alike.

The nice size of the fruit leads me to think Chickasaw.

 

[Turkey Creek]

I think Native Hunter is probably spot on (he usually is with plant i.d!) I dont think it is our Native American plum as it the leaves look different than what we have growing around here but that could also be due to environmental conditions.

 

[144]

Happened to look at some info from a local nursery specializing in native plants for LA. He mentioned that Mexican plum was native in this area. Some of the pics online look very similar to it. They say that it has more of a white film on the fruit compared to Chickasaw and American. That seems to be what these are like, guess I'll need to verify once they are ripe.


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[Native Hunter]

Happened to look at some info from a local nursery specializing in native plants for LA. He mentioned that Mexican plum was native in this area. Some of the pics online look very similar to it. They say that it has more of a white film on the fruit compared to Chickasaw and American. That seems to be what these are like, guess I'll need to verify once they are ripe.


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That would explain why I thought the leaves looked a tad wide for Chickasaw. I've never seen a Mex Plum in person, but just looked at some pics, and it looks right.