What is the mystery fruit? What's the mystery? Why didn't it work out?

Mystery fruit is a very precious fruit. Originated in West Africa, Ghana, Congo area, belongs to typical tropical evergreen shrubs, after the 1960s, mystery fruit began to be cultivated in China. If you insist on adding a modifier to the precious fruit, you can use the national treasure to describe it. The mystery fruit is protected in all countries where it is cultivated and prohibited from export. So what is the mystery fruit? Where is the mystery? Why not?

What is Mystery Fruit?

Mystery fruit, also known as variegated fruit, originated from West Africa, Ghana, Congo area, and was introduced into China. The fruit is small, oval, 2 cm long and 1.2 cm wide. When ripe, the fruit is bright red, the flesh is white and juicy, and the seeds are olive-shaped and dark brown.

The fruit is rich in nutrients and can be eaten directly as a fruit. It can also be made into juice, concentrated tablets, etc. In the food industry, mystery fruit can also be used as a flavoring agent.

The most amazing thing about mystery fruit is that after eating a little mystery fruit for about 4 hours, the taste changes: sour, bitter and sweet.

Where is the mystery fruit?

Mystery fruit contains a taste-changing protease (mysin), although it does not really change the taste of food, but it can change the taste of people, so people eat any sour food after eating mystery fruit feel sweet. After eating the mystery fruit, the mystery fruit is distributed on the cell membrane of the taste buds of the tongue. Under the neutral pH environment, the sweet receptor protein on the mystery fruit will not bind to the sweet receptor site, so the mystery fruit will not have sweet taste. Therefore, for the mystery fruit to change the taste function, is a safe change, suitable for consumption as a daily food.

Why does the mystery fruit not bear fruit?

1, lack of pollination: the result is the next generation produced by plant mating, only male or female or male and female can not mate, it is impossible to produce the next generation, of course, it is impossible to produce fruits and seeds. Therefore, it is possible to help pollination of mystery fruit in an artificial way by raising flies next to potted plants during flowering. Flies can also pollinate effectively.

2, environmental factors: mystery fruit flowers and pollen during flowering resistance to the environment is low, so in the mystery fruit flowering period it is best to avoid low temperature, cold, rainfall, strong wind and other factors, in terms of artificial management, watering is best not to shower the whole plant, lest pollen is washed away.