black plum

Purple stone fruit

Black plum refers to several dark-skinned plum varieties, most commonly the jamun or java plum native to South Asia—a small, oval fruit with deep purple flesh and astringent taste.

In other contexts, black plum may simply describe any plum variety with dark purple or nearly black skin: The black plums at the farmer's market were perfectly ripe.

fruit

juicy

Full of moisture

  • sweetTasting of sugar
  • tartSharp-flavored small pie
  • ripeReady to eat

pulp · pit · stone · fleshy · antioxidant · vitamin · fiber · purple · staining · astringent

tree

evergreen

Retains foliage year-round

canopy · trunk · bark · branch · leaf · foliage · root · sapling · grove · cultivation

Categories
Opposites
plum color varieties

black plumyellow plum

Pale-skinned stone fruit

red plum · greengage

Family

black, plum, blacken, blackmail, plums, blackness, plumage, blacks, blackest

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G