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I live in Melbourne, Australia. I just recently bought a new house and in the backyard of this house there are 3 plum blossom trees (at least that's what I was told they were by the estate agent). The tree had bright pink flowers when it was flowering in spring and now it is bearing fruit and they certainly look like plums. The fruit started out being light green on the outside and a lot of them are turning dark red which I am assuming is the colour they turn when they ripen. I am attaching a few photos of the tree, leaves and the fruit. Could someone please help me identify the type of plum blossom tree it is and also more importantly, is the fruit edible?

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Niall C.
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Some plums are inedible, from having too high a level of cyanide in the fruit. Sometimes they will also have high levels of oxalic, malic, and tartaric acid that cause inedibility. All those things you can taste, so if it's not bitter, or super sour, and it tastes like your average plum, it's going to be safe. Just make sure they are completely ripe and soft when you eat them.

J. Musser
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Your plum rather look like peaches or nectarines!

But there not ready yet to be eaten. Wait until they are soft to touch and juicy, then it will be time to eat. Lucky you!

J. Chomel
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Looks like the Chinese/Japanese plum The Japanese name for them is Ume and they eat them and use them for wine among other things. There said to be more like apricots then actual plums. Their known as the plum blossom tree and are a very historical tree for China and Japan and are famous for there blossoms.

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