Introduction: An invasive plant, the fruit is like a small grape, the root is like "ginseng", but the whole body contains high poison, do not eat it by mistake
The countryside is rich in wild resources, and a variety of wild plants grow everywhere. Some of the young leaves of these plants can be eaten as wild vegetables, some fruits can also be eaten as wild fruits, and even some plants can be used as medicine.
In fact, each plant has its own value and use, but many people do not understand it. For small partners living in the countryside, wild fruit is the most popular, and it carries many people's childhood memories.
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There are many wild fruits that can be eaten in the countryside, and there are different wild fruits picked throughout the year, such as pears, raspberries, snakeberries, ground barns, golden cherry seeds, dates, prickly pears, tea bubbles, etc., these are the wild fruits that small partners often eat, I believe many people have eaten.
Although wild fruits are delicious, not every plant's fruit is edible. Nature is really magical, some plants look very similar, one can be edible, the other contains highly toxic.
For example, the plant that the author shares with you today, it is an invasive plant, it is very beautiful when it blooms, the fruit is more attractive, when it is ripe, it is like a small grape, but it does not expect that it contains high poison, and the scientific name of this invasive plant is Vertical Order Shanglu.
It looks very similar to our native shanglu, both the fruit and the leaves look the same, the only difference is that the stem of the vertical shanglu is red, while the stem of our native shanglu is green.
Our native Shanglu can be eaten, and its young leaves are a high-quality wild vegetable that can be picked back to be eaten as wild vegetables. When I was a child, its young leaves were wild vegetables that our hometown people often ate, and they were especially delicious for stir-frying.
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However, its fruit can not be eaten, when we were young we often used to dye nails, the color is particularly beautiful, when I was a child often do this, some people use it as ink, especially fun, are childhood memories of childhood.
I don't know when our native shanglu actually disappeared, but replaced by the invasive plant shanglu. It is everywhere in the countryside, and many people pick it back and eat it as wild vegetables.
In particular, its fruit grows exactly like the fruit of the local merchant land, which is green at first, and will turn purple-red after ripening, just like a small grape, very tempting, but it is poisonous, and many children will eat it by mistake when they see it.
Moreover, the roots of the vertical shanglu grow thick and strong, fleshy and conical, the outer skin is pale yellow, and the shape resembles ginseng, so many people call it "native ginseng".
The young leaves, fruits, and roots of the weeping Shanglu look very attractive, but it is highly toxic throughout its body, from head to toe, especially the fruit and roots are the most toxic. So don't be fooled by its appearance, if you eat it by mistake, you will really be poisoned.
Although the vertical order Shanglu is poisonous, it is not useless, in the "Chinese Pharmacopoeia", the vertical order Shanglu and the local Shanglu and can be used in medicine, its flowers, leaves, roots have high medicinal value, and the two have similar effects.
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In fact, whether it is a vertical order Shanglu or a local Shanglu, their fruits are highly poisonous. In particular, the vertical order Shanglu contains high poison all over its body, and the root resembles ginseng, so don't take it as a local Shanglu mistakenly eaten.
Dear friends, do you still have local merchants in your hometown? Now the village is full of this invasive plant Shanglu, but the local Shanglu has disappeared. Tell your hometown parents that if you see Shanglu in your hometown, it contains severe poison all over its body, so don't eat it by mistake.