A small tree or deciduous shrub of the genus Cerasus, it can grow to about 2.5 meters, with a crown of about 1.5-2.8 meters. When young, the branches are purplish brown, glabrous, and the old branches have pores. And purple leaf plum can grow up to 8 meters at most, the branches are dark gray, the twigs are dark red when they are young
The leaves are long oval or oval, about 4-8 cm long. The color of the leaves is red or purple, the color of the back is more red, and the top of the new leaves is bright purple red. The leaves of purple leaf plum are oval, oval or obovate, rarely elliptic lanceolate, with dark green on the top and light color on the bottom.
The color of the flower is light pink, and the flowering period is from April to May. And purple leaf plum flower color is white, florescence is in April
