This kind of fruit tree is covered with thorns and is often mistaken for orange farmers to use it to guard against thieves.

The main purpose of people planting fruit trees is to eat fruit, but there is a common fruit tree in rural areas, but people do not plant it to eat fruit, but to use it to prevent thieves. The whole body of this kind of fruit tree is covered with thorns, and the longer it is planted, the sharper its thorns are, and the animals dare not come near it. Farmers often plant it around the courtyard wall, and the anti-theft effect is better than the broken glass on the courtyard wall. This kind of tree is fruiting, but its fruit is not delicious, sour than lemon, and very bitter, but its use is not small.

This kind of tree is called "Chinese wolfberry". Its fruit is very similar to immature green oranges, so it is often mistaken for oranges, but they taste the same in the sky and the other on the ground. And the fruit of Chinese wolfberry does not grow up. I remember picking it when I was a child and playing with it as marbles. The fruit of Chinese wolfberry will turn yellow when it is ripe. Once I saw that the golden fruit was very beautiful. I picked it and tasted it. It was so sour that I dared not eat it any more.

Because of this bitter taste, many people also call it smelly orange and sunken eggs, but it is a blindly good medicine.

In fact, stinky orange is not smelly, but contains a lot of aromatic essential oil, this fragrance has the effect of regulating qi. It can not only be used to extract essential oil, but also can be used in medicine to treat stomachache, stomach distension, phlegm and cough. It is one of the common herbs in traditional Chinese medicine. In addition, the bark, roots, thorns, leaves and kernels of Chinese tangerine trees can be used as medicine, which can be described as treasures all over the body. It is a pity that not many people know about it, and most farmers just plant it as an anti-theft tree and do not pay attention to its value.

However, some growers who know how to graft regard Chinese wolfberry trees as "citrus rootstocks" of high quality. Grafting the orange tree to the root of the Chinese wolfberry tree can increase the ability of the orange tree to resist cold, freeze, diseases and insect pests. Because the Chinese wolfberry tree is full of vitality, can adapt to a variety of soil, and the plant is not high, these have become advantages in grafting. Grafted orange trees can not only get delicious oranges, but also improve the quality of fruit trees, which is also an important use of Chinese wolfberry trees.

Chinese wolfberry trees are easy to survive and are so common in rural areas that they can be seen in the wild on hillsides. Readers, have you ever seen Chinese wolfberry?