This kind of fruit is like red bayberry. No one eats it. It has the effect of tonifying kidney and improving eyesight. Unfortunately, it misses good things.

In my impression, there is a kind of tree with thick leaves in my hometown. From July to September every year, it will bear a kind of red bayberry-like fruit, which is usually picked and eaten by no one except birds. Every time I pass by, I can see the fruit falling to the ground.

This kind of tree is Broussonetia papyrifera, and its fruit is the peach, also known as the peach. When I was a child, I only knew how to use its leaves as fodder, and the fruit was secretly eaten when adults didn't know it, but I was told that it would be beaten, so I seldom ate it.

Broussonetia papyrifera is a very common tree, generally up to more than 16 meters, is also a fast-growing tree species, the growth is very fast. It can survive in both the temperate and tropical zones of China, and it is not picky about the environment. If you look at those trees in the countryside, they grow in the wild. In fact, no one wants to plant it at all. Instead, its seeds sprout and grow into big trees.

Broussonetia papyrifera blossoms from May to June every year, and when the flowers fade, its long pistil style shrinks, while the basal ovary expands, turns red, and becomes fleshy, becoming the red peach we see.

But generally speaking, the fruit of the peach ripens in autumn, when it can be eaten directly and eaten directly, but the peach has a lot of mucus on the outside, and the impurities must be removed before eating, which is really not easy to clean.

In traditional Chinese medicine, structural peaches are also known as solid seeds and trees, which have the effects of nourishing the liver and eyesight, tonifying the kidney, promoting water and reducing swelling, and strengthening muscles and bones. moreover, they are red in appearance, taste sweet and slightly sour, and taste good. It's a pity I missed something good.