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This small wild fruit is often treated as a weed, but it is not known to be a precious traditional Chinese medicine. It costs 80 yuan per jin after drying.

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, This kind of plant grows too much in the countryside. We call it Tong Ma and its scientific name is abutilon. It often grows in ravines, rivers, roadsides and other places. If there is a wasteland, it can grow much more. If it hinders the growth of crops, most of them.

This kind of plant grows too much in the countryside. We call it Tong Ma and its scientific name is abutilon. It often grows in ravines, rivers, roadsides, and other places. If there is a wasteland, it can grow much more. If it hinders the growth of crops, most of the time it will be removed as a weed.

When we were young, we rural children did not have any snacks to eat, and the seeds of the abutilon could be turned into our snacks. Before its green fruit turned black, it was picked and peeled off. There were tender little white seeds inside, which tasted a little fragrant.

And the abutilon rod has another function, that is, it can take "hemp", so that before my grandfather can find some abutilon, then soak it in water, and after a few days, it can be peeled off and rubbed into all kinds of hemp rope, such as back rope, well rope, can also be used to weave straw sandals, etc., anyway, it is very strong.

In the past, when weeds were removed from abutilon, in fact, the whole plant can also be used as medicine, and it is a precious traditional Chinese medicine, and the whole plant can be sold for money, especially its seemingly inconspicuous "wild fruit", which contains seeds called abutilon. Now it can sell for about 80 yuan a jin after drying. It has the effect of clearing heat and dampness, detoxification, and can treat otitis media, dysentery and other diseases.

Abutilon theophrasti is an annual herb that produces small yellow flowers in July every year. The florescence lasts until October, and its flowers are beautiful and attractive. Then it blossoms and bears fruit at the same time, and when the fruit is ripe in November, the small white seeds inside will turn black.

In memory, Abutilon abutilon is basically wild. In fact, there are a lot of artificial cultivation of Abutilon. Abutilon is a short-sun cash crop. It is relatively easy to grow, has low requirements for growth environment, and has strong adaptability. It can grow well in both waterlogged wetlands and dry land. Planting is very promising.

 
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