Can Chinese wolfberry be planted in the south?

Lycium barbarum is a variety of nutrient elements beneficial to human health. Ningxia Lycium barbarum has the largest cultivation area, which is mainly distributed in northwest China. So, can Chinese wolfberry be planted in the south?

Can Chinese wolfberry be planted in the south?

Chinese wolfberry can be planted in the south, but due to the poor quality of the fruit, mainly picking leaves and cooking, the varieties are fine-leaf Chinese wolfberry, big-leaf Chinese wolfberry and so on. Medicinal use is more common in the north, the main varieties are Jin Lycium barbarum and Lycium barbarum.

2. Nutritional components of Lycium barbarum

Zhongning wolfberry contains betaine, zeaxanthin, lycopene, Lycium barbarum polysaccharides, carotene, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin C and so on. The fruit contains betaine about 0.1%; the dried fruit contains calcium 107 mg / g, iron 10.1 mg / g, phosphorus 208 mg / g; high quality fruit contains less than 13% water, 8.72% lipids, 34.83% reducing sugar and 37.95% total sugar. Contains vitamin A 277.06 IU / g, vitamin C 23.1%, thiamine 0.23 mg%, riboflavin 0.33 mg%, nicotinic acid 1.7 mg%, and a variety of amino acids: leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, valine, tyrosine, proline, alanine, glycine, lysine and glutamic acid, as well as wolfberry amine and trimethylglycine.

III. Edible value of Lycium barbarum

Its tender leaves can be used as vegetables, in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places, Chinese wolfberry sprouts have been very popular, you can buy Chinese wolfberry sprouts in the vegetable market, but the south is basically Chinese wolfberry, there is no Ningxia Chinese wolfberry. In Ningxia and other northwest regions, it is rare to use young leaves of Chinese wolfberry as vegetables.

Chinese wolfberry is listed by the Ministry of Health as "medicine and food" varieties, Chinese wolfberry can be processed into a variety of food, beverage, health wine, health products and so on. Chinese wolfberry is often added when making soup or porridge.

Seed oil can be made into lubricating oil or edible oil, as well as processed into health products, Chinese wolfberry oil.