Before the Dragon Boat Festival, it is the season when all kinds of wild berries in the mountains are ripening! This wild berries introduced by Lanlan today are very valuable, it is called "palm leaf raspberry" to see if there is any in the mountains of your hometown?
Why is it called "palm leaf raspberry"? I think it may be related to the shape of its leaves, the leaves are palm-like, 5 deep lobes, there are also a small number of 3 or 7 lobes, the leaves are single-leaf alternate, with long stalks
Palm leaf raspberry, is a genus of vine deciduous shrubs in the family Rosaceae, also known as raspberries, small trays, milk fruits, planting bubbles and so on
The stem is erect, 1.5-3 meters high, the branches are hairless, scattered with skin thorns, the branches are reddish-brown and old branches, the young branches are green, and the green branches do not bear fruit in the same year
Flowers bloom in March and April, the flowers of raspberry bloom at the top of the branches, the flowers are large, the petals are white, there are a total of 5 petals, and the white gives people a pure, elegant feeling
In May, there are many gray soft hairs on the fruit, mainly composed of most of the small stone fruits, which are conical or flat-conical
The red fruit can be eaten as a fruit, sweet and juicy, rich in nutrients, it is also rich in salicylic acid, phenolic acid and other substances. Salicylic acid is known as "natural aspirin", ripe fruits are rich in essential trace elements and mineral elements, online a pound sold to 60, 70 yuan a pound, good value! It can also make jams, sake breweries, and medicines!
For medicinal purposes, it is best to choose 5 or 7 cracks of the leaves, in the early summer, when the fruit changes from green to green and yellow, harvest, and then remove the stem leaves into boiling water to boil a little or steamed, and then take it out and dry, after drying is the famous Chinese herbal medicine "raspberry"
In addition to the fruit, its root can also be used for medicinal purposes, raspberry in the national pharmacopoeia recorded, sweet taste, acid, temperature, beneficial kidney, solid essence, urinary shrinkage function, can be used: kidney deficiency enuresis, frequent urination, impotence and premature ejaculation, etc., it can be said that it is a man's "gospel fruit"
It is mainly distributed in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Hubei and other provinces and regions in China, and the wild ones often grow in mountainous miscellaneous forests, shrublands or wildernesses
Can't imagine that such a wild fruit that we ate as a child is used for so much? Is there still this wild fruit in your hometown? Come to the message area to discuss together, this issue of the content to this end, want to know more about plant knowledge friends, remember to pay attention to me, the next issue to bring you more wonderful content, I am Lanlan, we will meet again in the next issue