I often see some peculiar trees in the rural ravines, such as sparrow, pine cypress, golden branch jade leaf old pile, larch, cedar, boxwood, Luohan pine, elm, firethorn, banyan tree and other trees, they are characterized by good foliage, and high ornamental value, they are well maintained, can also become bonsai trees, I put a few pots of golden branches and jade leaves, firethorn and banyan trees on the balcony at home, all year round are very good-looking, but their demand for water will be more.
In fact, there is a deciduous tree in the rural ravine, the plant can bear fruit, these fruits look very similar to chicken feet, but irregular shape, but larger than chicken feet, in the past some villagers called it "big chicken feet", visible how peculiar this plant is, it is "chicken claw pear". When flower lovers look at this plant in the ravine, they basically have to look up, because it is a tall plant that can grow to 10 meters high, or even 20 meters high, let's take a look at the chicken claw pear.
There is a kind of fruit tree in the rural ravine, and the fruit produced is strange, like a "big chicken's claw", but precious!
Chicken feet pear
Most of the chicken claw pear petiole and inflorescence have short soft hairs, it is also known as the pepper, the date, the linqin, the chicken distance, the honey, the pear date, the meat, the swastika pear, the longevity fruit, the fruit, the golden hook, etc., it can be seen that the nickname of the chicken claw pear is so many, the leaves of the chicken claw pear are oval-shaped and ovate, and most of the wild trees, the thick green leaves are also more beautiful.
Chicken claw pear is actually a longevity fruit, there are also flower friends will call it jujube, more useful, in the "Shuyi" recorded in the chicken claw pear, other ancient books on its detoxification, there are many interesting records. At the same time, its seeds can also be medicated, the mature fruit pulp is more, and there is no core, the seed is exposed outside the pulp, after processing and processing can be made into "medicinal materials", the stem contains a lot of glucose and potassium malate.
Its wooden roots are very hard, so it can be used to make furniture, which is a relatively good raw material, and it can be used as a musical instrument and exquisite handicrafts. The fruit is more useful, and can also be processed into canned food, preserves, preserved fruits, dried fruits and so on.
Wild chicken claw pears are rare nowadays, and if flower lovers encounter chicken claw pears on the slopes of rural areas, under ravines, and in farmland, they should cherish them. When the soil is more fertile, the growth rate of chicken claw pears becomes faster, and the plant prefers deep, fertile, moist soil, suitable for mixing with other evergreen, deciduous broad-leaved tree species.
About the chicken claw pear, that is, the date, it is introduced here, do flower lovers know this plant?