Don't buy the wrong four varieties of longan to teach you the difference between them

Longan stone is a famous and good fruit in southern China, which is rich in nutrition, which can improve human health and disease resistance, tonify the heart and spleen, nourish blood and calm the mind, and has the effect of anti-aging, especially for the elderly and women. it is regarded as a precious nutritional supplement.

Now the different varieties of longan sold on the market have their own flavor and taste. Next, I would like to introduce to you the four common varieties of longan. When you buy longan on the market, you should have an idea. Don't buy it wrong!

I. Shixia

Features: strong, sweet and dense, medium fruit, thick skin, rough surface and small stone

Alias: crispy meat, ten leaves, stone garden

Shape: spherical or oblate slightly crooked, yellowish brown pericarp, milky white or light yellowish white pulp, opaque, thick pulp

It is easy to leave the nucleus.

Size: the single fruit weighs 7.5 to 10.6 grams, and the largest fruit is about 14 grams. There are about 50 longan in a jin.

Taste: crisp meat, sweet with honey flavor, excellent quality, less fruit juice. The edible rate is 65% to 70%.

Nutritional value: vitamin C 65.85 mg / 100 g pulp, 74.47 mg vitamin C, 21% vitamin C, 23% total sugar.

Second, Chu Liang

Features: thick meat, sweet taste, smooth peel surface

Shape: the fruit is large and oblate. The pericarp is yellowish brown and green with a smooth surface. The flesh is white and waxy, opaque and easy to leave the nucleus.

Size: the weight of single fruit is 12g to 14g, and the size of fruit is uniform.

Taste: crisp meat, less juice, no juice on the surface, sweet, dregs. The edible rate is 74%.

Nutritional value: contains a variety of vitamins 52.1 mg per 100 g pulp, including 18.6% of the whole pond

Third, big black circle

Features: big fruit, light sweet taste, thick meat, crisp meat

Alias: big longan, sand eye, litchi longan.

Shape: the fruit is flat and round, the top of the fruit is round, the shoulder is slightly shrugged, the pericarp is yellowish brown, the pulp is waxy white, translucent, it is easy to enucleate and the flesh is thick.

Size: the fruit is large, with an average weight of 1520 grams per fruit, with a maximum of 31 grams. It is the largest improved variety of longan in China, with an edible rate of 74.1 percent.

Palate: the meat is crisp, slightly sweet and medium in quality.

Nutritional value: vitamin C 61.7 mg per 100 g pulp, 13.5% total sugar.

4. Gushan No.2

Features: medium fruit, waxy yellow translucent pulp, sweet taste, no juice on the surface

The quality is similar to that of Shixia, precocious than Shixia, and the fruit is slightly larger than Shixia.

Size: the single fruit weighs 10 to 12 grams, the fruit is round and slightly crooked, and the pericarp is yellowish brown. The pulp is wax yellow and translucent. The edible rate is 66.7%.

Taste: the meat is thick and crisp, detached from the core, dregs, sweet taste, no juice.

Nutritional value: vitamin C 85.7 mg and total sugar 17.4 g per 100 g pulp.

The above are the four common longan on the market. Have you learned to distinguish them?