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Guide: In September, the "fake bayberry" in the park is ripe again, and many people climb trees to pick, can it be eaten?
Bayberry is a fruit that everyone is more familiar with, and many families in the south will plant several arbutus trees in front of and behind the house. This fruit tree is easy to survive and has a long lifespan, and some ancient arbutus trees can live for hundreds of years.
But friends who have eaten bayberry are well aware that this fruit is only available in early summer, that is, it ripens in large quantities in May and June. And its ripening period is very short, once ripe even if it is not picked, it will quickly fall down, and then it will not be eaten.
Now that it's September, many parks, neighborhoods and roadsides in the south have a fruit that resembles a bayberry that has ripened, and many places still call it "fake bayberry.".
On the weekend, I saw that the fruits of several fake arbutus trees in the park were ripe, and some old men and old ladies climbed to the trees with bags to pick them. Can this "fake bayberry" really be eaten? Have you ever eaten? Let's take a look!
The "fake bayberry" is not a bayberry, but a tree fruit
How can there be bayonets to eat in September? Friends who know this wild fruit know that it is not a bayberry, but the fruit of a wild plant called a tree.
Because this is a polyflora fruit, the diameter is about 1.5-3cm, after ripening, it will change from turquoise to orange-red, looking very much like bayberry, so in some places it is directly called "false bayberry".
For the plant of tree construction, it is really too common in the countryside, and it is also a plant that many farmers are very disgusted with. The reason is that the tree has a strong vitality and reproductive ability. This tree grows very fast, and in just a few years it will grow into a towering tree. Once it has taken root and sprouted in one place, it is like eating "auxin", rubbing up, and it will grow into a large piece.
It is also because of its fast growth rate, as long as there is a place for it, other plants basically do not win it, and then it will block other plants from photosynthesis. And its root system is very developed, can absorb water and nutrients from the ground, resulting in poor growth of other plants.
And the reproductive ability of the tree is very strong, the fruit of this plant grows beautifully, the birds also like to eat, so that they act as the "messenger of the seed", most of the birds after eating the fruit of the tree, because their digestive tract is very short, can not digest the seeds of the tree, after the discharge they will multiply everywhere.
This is also why in many parks, communities and roadsides, no one plants trees, but it can still grow a lot, even on some roofs, walls, or trees can grow trees, which shows its strong reproductive ability, it is no wonder that farmers hate it.
Can the fruit of the tree be eaten? It is recommended not to eat
It is worth mentioning that the tree is a kind of plant with male and female, that is, this tree has male and female, and their difference is still relatively large.
Although the male tree also flowers, it falls shortly after flowering and does not bear fruit. The female fruit, after flowering, will gather into small balls, and then use this to help them catch the pollen spread by the male tree, once it has completed pollination, it will grow fruit, and then gradually change from green to red, which means that it is ripe.
The fruit of the tree is actually edible, and in the past, when rural children did not have any snacks to eat, they would occasionally pick some to eat. It's just that this wild fruit is not too convenient to eat. Because although it looks like bayberry, it cannot be eaten directly like bayberry.
It is because its fruit will have a lot of hook-like dry hairs on it. When I was a child, out of boredom, I even plucked the dried hairs on the fruit of the tree and found that there were nearly a hundred hook-like dried hairs on a fruit.
If we don't pull it out and eat it directly, it will cause discomfort in our throats because of its hook-like dry hair, and even cause tingling in our mouths. But if you have patience, remove its dried hair, it tastes good, the taste is very sweet, with a little sour taste, even more delicious than bayberry, the reason is that its sugar content is higher, its sweetness can reach about 13 °.
According to garden experts, the fruit of the tree has a good taste, and the sweetness can be as high as 12.8, but it is recommended that the public not blindly pick and eat. Mainly because the fruit will attract a lot of birds, as well as scarab beetles, ants, bed bugs and other insects, it is not hygienic to eat. And the surface of the fruit has a hundred hard hook-like dry hairs, if not cleaned up when eating, it will make the mouth tingle.
It is worth mentioning that the fruit of the tree can be eaten as a wild fruit, and at the same time has medicinal value. In Chinese medicine, it is also called the fruit of the tree, the tree seed, etc., it and the roots, leaves, etc. can be put into medicine, mainly diuretic, strong muscles and bones. The most common way to eat in the folk is to wash it clean and eat it fresh, or to use it to brew wine and drink. This is also the reason why some elderly people often climb trees to pick.
However, it should be noted that the fruit of the tree in the park is best not to be picked for eating, on the one hand, this wild fruit is skinless, so there will be a lot of bugs crawling on it. On the other hand, the trees in the park and the roadside are also polluted by various dust and toxic substances for a long time, and may even be sprayed with pesticides, which is seriously polluted, and it is recommended not to eat.
The whole body of the tree is a treasure, and the leaves and flowers can also be eaten
In the countryside, although the tree is annoying, its value is also very high. In the past, this tree was also called a "life-saving tree" because its flowers were previously eaten as food for the hungry.
In the spring, when the flowers of the tree are in bloom, it can be picked and eaten as wild vegetables. The common thing is to wash it clean, then wrap it in flour and steam it together, and then eat it with sauce, so that the family can eat a large pot at a time.
Even the leaves of the tree are of high value. In the countryside, some people often use the young leaves of the tree to make tea for tea to drink, and if the family feeds pigs, raises fish, etc., the leaves are also a good pig feed. Even its bark is a high-grade raw material for papermaking, and the paper found is white in color and very tough. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the whole body of the tree is a treasure.
In recent years, tree construction has also been called "rich tree" and "fortune tree" by some farmers, and the local area is also developing and planting trees.
It is because scientists have cultivated hybrid trees, its growth rate is faster, a planting can be continuous harvest, and can be harvested many times a year, its crude protein content is higher than the "king of forage" known as alfalfa, and rich in a variety of trace elements, minerals, so as woody feed and promote planting in many places.