Evaluating some Morphological Characteristics  and Standardizing the Scientific Name for the Song Mai Tree Based on DNA Barcode

Date Received: 14-04-2025

Date Accepted: 21-01-2026

Date Published: 29-04-2026

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Cham, L., Saven, M., Dung, H., & Thuy, D. (2026). Evaluating some Morphological Characteristics  and Standardizing the Scientific Name for the Song Mai Tree Based on DNA Barcode. Vietnam Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 24(4), 449–455. https://doi.org/10.31817/tckhnnvn.2026.24.4.02

Evaluating some Morphological Characteristics  and Standardizing the Scientific Name for the Song Mai Tree Based on DNA Barcode

Le Thi Tuyet Cham 1 , Mao Saven 1 , Hoang Dang Dung 2 , Doan Thu Thuy (*)

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  • 1 Khoa Nông học, Học viện Nông nghiệp Việt Nam
  • 2 Trung tâm Nông nghiệp sinh thái và Đào tạo nghề, Học viện Nông nghiệp Việt Nam

    • Keywords

    DNA barcode, Japanese plum, Prunus salicina, psbA-trnH

    Abstract


    This study aimed to determine the scientific name of the song mai plant based on selected morphological characteristics and DNA barcoding. The song mai samples were evaluated morphologically in combination with DNA barcode sequence analysis of the psbA-trnH region. The morphological assessment showed that the collected song mai samples had a horizontally spreading growth habit, obovate leaves with acute leaf bases, round fruits with yellow flesh, and broadly elliptical seeds with high surface roughness. In addition, analysis of the psbA-trnH sequences indicated that the song mai samples shared up to 99.68% sequence similarity with Prunus salicina sequences in the NCBI GenBank database. Phylogenetic analysis further demonstrated that the song mai samples clustered with Prunus salicina with a high bootstrap value (73%). Therefore, both morphological characteristics and DNA barcoding of the psbA-trnH region support the conclusion that the scientific name of the song mai plant is Prunus salicina, belonging to the family Rosaceae.

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