Mume has the functions of expelling toxin, caring skin, removing spots and acne, reducing weight, lowering blood fat and blood pressure, clearing away liver-fire, improving eyesight, relieving alcoholism and expelling oil.

Prunus mume (scientific name: Vatica mangachapoi Blanco) belongs to Dipterocarpaceae, which is a plum tree with a height of about 20 meters. Branchlets are stellate tomentose. Leaf blade leathery, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, apex acuminate or mucronate, base rounded or wedge-shaped, both sides protruding, reticulate veins obvious, petiole densely covered with grayish yellow short fluff. Panicle terminal or axillary, calyx lobes arranged in tweezers, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, both sides densely covered with stellate hairs or scaly hairs; Petals are white, sometimes pale yellow or reddish, fragrant, oblong or linear spoon-shaped, filaments are short, anthers are oblong, ovaries are spherical, densely covered with short villi, and fruits are spherical; It blooms in May-June and bears fruit in August-September.