After ripening, the wild fruit can be kept fresh for half a year, first bitter and then sweet. It is recognized as the king of vitamin C.

In southern Fujian, there is such a folk song: "Yu Gan has a sweet aftertaste, and the old man has become a teenager." The "Yugan" mentioned here is a kind of local wild fruit, which is bitter in import and cannot be eaten by outsiders, but it is very popular locally. What is the reason for this?.

Because this kind of wild fruit is very special, it is really bitter in the mouth, but it can be sweet after eating, which makes people can't stop. And this kind of wild fruit vitamin C content is extremely high, higher than kiwifruit, lemon and other fruits, people believe that this kind of wild fruit is the king of vitamin C.

Yugan, also known as Yoganguo, Niuganguo, the shape is bright light yellow, the yield is extremely high, a branch can produce a large string of fruit. Niugan fruit ripens in August every year, which is different from other wild fruits in that it does not fall to the ground after ripening, it can hang the fruit until February next year, and the fruit does not wither, which is equivalent to keeping it fresh on a tree for half a year. Although the fruit period of Niugan fruit is long, it will not affect the yield of the following year, which is the only one in the wild fruit.

The vitamin C content of Niugan fruit is extremely high, and the vitamin C content can reach thousands of milligrams per 100 grams of pulp, a hundred times that of apples. At the same time, Niugan fruit also contains 12 kinds of vitamins, 18 kinds of amino acids and 16 kinds of trace elements, which are rich in nutrients. Although the taste of Niugan fruit is bitter, but it has a long aftertaste, it is very popular in Southeast Asia, and Indians regard it as "sacred fruit".

It is said that the Zhengde emperor of the Ming Dynasty tasted Niugan fruit when he went down to the south of the Yangtze River. The tree that bore fruit at that time was named "Emperor Gan". This tree in Nantian, Huian, has become a cultural relic and ancient tree for people to visit.

It is precisely because of its high yield and high nutrition that it has been developed into a new type of fruit, and its taste is much better than that of wild fruits, with thicker pulp and less fiber, which can be processed deeply. Candied fruit, fruit vinegar, fruit juice, fruit tea, fruit wine and other products are sold all over the world. At present, the main planting places of Niugan fruit are Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hainan and other places, which has become the rich fruit of people's "bitter before sweet".

In addition, Niugan fruit has a certain medicinal value, it is believed that eating regularly can moisten the lungs, promote pharynx, relieve cough and resolve phlegm. Readers, have you ever eaten Niugan fruit?