Huxiang Nature Calenda │ Shocking Gaze ③ The "unpopular relatives" of Passion Fruit

Huxiang Nature Calenda │ Shocking Gaze ③ The "unpopular relatives" of Passion Fruit

Saturday, Saturday, September 3, 2022

Passion fruit has become the "new noble" in the fruit industry in recent years. It is well -known. It is the same as West Lotus, which is the same as West Lotus, but it is little known and slightly lonely.

In fact, the appearance and character of Guangdong West Lotus are superior. Its stems are slender and smooth, with their own elegant gesture, green leaves are wide and wide and have obvious veins, stretching quietly on both sides. From March to May each year, Guangdong's Xilian lotus spit out white flowers in the green, slender and regular petals, and the tender yellow flowers rolled slightly, like an ancient lamp, and light up the entire mountain forest. By June and July, the white flowers converged into cyan berries, full and rounded, waiting to be harvested. The fruits of Guangdong West Lotus contain a variety of trace elements, which have the effects of increasing appetite and promoting digestion.

Perhaps the strict requirements for the growth environment have made Guangdong Western Lottery independent. Cantonese Western Lotus is usually born in forest shrubs at an altitude of 400-1700 meters. It likes a warm and humid environment, which is more sensitive to water.

For a long time, Guangdong's west lotus is mainly distributed in northern Guangdong, northeast of Guangxi, southeast of Jiangxi, and Fujian. In recent years, with the advancement of natural surveys, the southern part of Hunan has successively discovered the figure of West Lotus in Guangdong. They stand up in the mountains and forests, enjoying the silence and joy brought by "unpopular".

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Guangdong Xilian Lotus, Xifan Lotus Koishi Lotus, a grassy rattan, is about 5-6 meters long. The stem is slender hairless, with fine stripes; leaf thin paper, lanceolate or long circular lanceolate, mesh veins evacuated; umbrella inflorescences are raw on both sides of the roll, and the flower stems are weak, petals and liquids are long; the fruit is spherical shape; , Diameter 1-1.5 cm. The flowering period is from March to May, and the fruiting period is from June to August.

Text/Zhang Hangfu/Zhang Fan Design/Li Zhenming Think Tank/Zhang Fan Comprehensive Coordination/Zhang Hui Coordinating/Zhou Yuegui Special Support/Hunan Forestry Bureau

[Edit: Wang Yaobing]

[Source: Hunan Daily · New Hunan Client]

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