preface
Heart fruit: The difference between the word "ginseng fruit" and "ginseng fruit", fans are all over the world, and few people know
In China's classic mythological story "Journey to the West", there are not many fruits, of which there are two kinds that impress countless people, one is peach, and the other is ginseng fruit.
In particular, the ginseng fruit that appears later, this kind of immortal fruit makes the well-informed Sun Wukong also very curious, and wants to steal it to relieve the hunger, so he is in trouble because of gluttony.
In real life, there is indeed a fruit called ginseng fruit, which was also grown in a mold a few years ago, and grew a humanoid "ginseng fruit", which is sold on the market, and the price of one is not low.
But later, when everyone knew the "routine" of ginseng fruit, this fruit gradually fell to the altar.
Have you ever heard of the "fruit of the human heart" that is different from the word "ginseng fruit"? It is estimated that many people know something about ginseng fruit, but few people know about human heart fruit, and even fewer people have eaten it.
However, don't look at its popularity is not high, but the fans are all over the world, only because its trunk is still the raw material for making chewing gum, for chewing gum is estimated that everyone has eaten, right?
What is a fruit of the human heart?
Mangosteen is a fruit produced in the tropical region of the Americas because its fruit looks like our human heart, hence the name man's heartfruit.
Some places are also based on its fruit is very similar to persimmons, and it is planted on a large scale in parts of Taiwan, China's treasure island, and has become a local characteristic fruit, so it is also called Wu Feng persimmon, red iron fruit, qi guo and so on.
Although the heart fruit is a tropical fruit, it has also been cultivated in some parts of the south of China in recent years, mainly concentrated in a small number of areas such as Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan. It is not surprising why many people in the north do not know it, and even many people in the south have not seen or eaten the fruit of people's hearts.
Heart fruit is a relatively rare fruit, it is the fruit of the tree plant of the family Lamiaceae, its flowering period is in April-September, the outer skin is brown, the fruit is very similar to the human heart, mainly spindle-shaped, ovate-shaped, and there are flattened black seeds inside.
The fruit of the human heart is not the fruit of ginseng
Although there is only a one-word difference between the heart fruit and the ginseng fruit, it also sounds very similar. But they are two different plants.
Although their homeland is in the distant Americas, the same tropical fruit, but the human heart fruit is native to North America, while the ginseng fruit is from the Andes Mountains of South America, the origin is quite different.
The second is the ginseng fruit, an herb of the solanaceous genus Solanaceae that is perennial dicotyledonous in the solanaceous family. The difference between the human heart fruit is a tree of the family Lycaenidae is very large.
Finally, there is a difference in looks. The skin of ginseng fruit is more like melons, melons and other melons, and the surface is very smooth. And there are no seeds inside.
The heart fruit is a fruit that looks like a human heart, the skin is not smooth, the brown is like a potato, and it is very rough to the touch. There were also several black seeds inside.
It is worth mentioning that the human heart fruit has a high status in the world. Because of its low yield and small scale of cultivation, this fruit is only because of its high requirements for the growing environment, it has also been listed in the top 5 of the "World's Rarest Fruits", and has also won several lists such as "Top Ten Rare African Fruits" and "High Nutritional Value Fruits".
The value reference of the fruit of the human heart
Some people will wonder, since the famous fruit is so big, why can't it be seen in the market? And have you rarely heard of it?
In many places, it is true that the fruit of the heart can not be seen, only occasionally seen in the place of origin, and the price has not been cheap, generally more than 40 yuan a catty, it is a veritable "noble fruit".
The heart fruit is very rare in the market, and it has a lot to do with the characteristics of this fruit. It is said that "you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry", and the same is true for eating heart fruit, and to eat it, you must be patient.
When this fruit is not yet ripe, it cannot be picked, otherwise it will be very unpalatable to eat, and it will feel and taste numb and astringent. And it also has the characteristic that this unpleasant taste and feeling lasts not for a while, and it will make you uncomfortable all day long.
Therefore, to eat the fruit of the human heart, you must wait until it is ripe, and after buying it home, you must wait until it is softened, that is, there is a process of post-ripening.
But at this time, when I eat it, the taste is very good, the flesh will become very soft, the taste is sweet, just like eating ice cream, and it is also called "ice cream fruit" in foreign countries.
At the same time, there is also a disadvantage of human heart fruit, that is, it is not tolerant of storage. After ripening, the heart fruit can generally only be put for two or three days, and the time will be fermented after more than 3 days, and it will taste like a broken pear, with a strong alcohol smell, although it can be eaten, but the taste is greatly reduced.
In addition, the human heart fruit has extremely strict environmental requirements for growth, only local areas can be planted, and the yield is very low, so even if many places have introduced seeds, and it is still a regular customer on various rankings, it has not been developed, that is, it is difficult to achieve commercial planting.
But it's mixed up in another area. That is, the trunk of the human heart fruit has a rich sap in it, and this milk is the raw material for making chewing gum. It is produced in large quantities in some countries, such as Mexico and the West Indies, and exported to many countries all year round, mainly as a raw material for chewing gum.
Therefore, the fans of the heart fruit are all over the world, and you know why.
Conclusion
Since the heart fruit can often be mixed with various rankings, it can be seen that its nutritional aspects are very rich, it is rich in protein, a variety of sugars, a variety of amino acids, and vitamin B1, vitamin E, as well as phosphorus, calcium, iron and other trace elements and minerals, especially the content of selenium and calcium contained in the heart fruit is the first in fruits and vegetables.
And the heart fruit can not only be eaten as a fresh fruit, but also as a vegetable, and the method of using it to make dishes is also very diverse, both cold mixing, stir-frying, making soups, frying, etc. Are OK, no matter which method has a good taste and edible value. In addition, it can also be processed into fruit juice drinks, canned, preserved fruits, jams, fruit wine, preserves and other products, very widely used.
In recent years, in some southern regions, because the fruit of the human heart fruit has characteristics, the tree shape is beautiful, beautiful and resistant to pruning, it is planted in the yard as an ornamental tree.
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