Prunus domestica
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![A Prunus domestica with its first flowers, here at the end of February](/Images/godic/202502/05/Prunus_domestica,_Agde_012124.jpg")
![Various cultivars of plums with number labels - Imperial Gage (1), Damson (2), Lombard (3), Maynard (4) and Yellow Egg (5)](/Images/godic/202502/05/Page_14_plum_-_Imperial_Gage,_Shropshire_Damson,_Lombard,_Maynard,_Yellow_Egg2124.jpg")
![GreengagesMirabelle plum](/Images/godic/202502/05/Greengages2124.jpg")
Prunus domestica (sometimes referred to as Prunus × domestica) is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. A deciduous tree, it includes many varieties of the fruit trees known as plums in English, though not all plums belong to this species. The greengages and damsons also belong to subspecies of P. domestica.