prunus domestica

This tree is only known in cultivation. It suckers from its roots, has few or no thorns, and produces edible fruit. Its origins are probably in the area known as the Fertile Crescent, where the diploid Myrobalan or Cherry plum (P. cerasifera) became polyploid. This form was then propagated by grafting starting in the Greco-Roman classical period, at the latest. Cultivation in Finland started over 300 years ago.