- Botanical Name
- Prunus domestica
Plum
Details
The plum, Prunus domestica, is a deciduous tree of the rose family that includes many of the fruit trees called plums in English, and the greengages and damsons as subspecies. Wikipedia says it forms a large shrub or small tree, bears white blossom in early spring, and has a single large stone in each fruit. Cunningham calls it feminine, with Venus and water, and gives the powers of love and protection. He has plum branches placed over doors and windows to guard the home against evil, and the fruit eaten to inspire or maintain love. He marks the seed and the wilted leaf X, set out in the safety notes. Kynes gives plum no entry, so the entry rests on Cunningham and Wikipedia alone.
Caution
Cunningham marks the seed and wilted leaf of plum X, meaning not recommended for internal use.
Correspondences
- Elements
- Water
- Celestial Bodies
- Venus
- Zodiac Signs
- No zodiac signs recorded.
- Colours
- No colours recorded.
- Deities
- No deities recorded.
Folk Names
No folk names recorded.
Categories
- Love
- Protection
Substitutes
No substitutes recorded.
Forms
Fruit
Cunningham has the fruit eaten to inspire or maintain love.
References
Seed
Cunningham marks the seed X and gives no magical use for it.
Caution
Cunningham marks the seed and wilted leaf of plum X, meaning not recommended for internal use.
References
Stem
Cunningham has plum branches placed over doors and windows to guard the home against evil.
References
References
Notes
- Cunningham, Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Plum"; p. 266.
- Wikipedia, under "Prunus domestica."
- Cunningham, Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Plum".
- Cunningham, Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Plum"; p. 266.
- Cunningham, Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Plum".
Bibliography
- Cunningham, Scott. Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs. 2nd ed. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2012. (EPUB.)
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