Taiwan endemic plant, fruit, mandshurica, morphological characteristics, nutrients, seeds can be eaten.

The fruit from heaven, the "heavenly fruit", can not be associated with heaven at all from the outside, but it is a good friend of the eyes. People in Vietnam and South Asia call it a "fruit from heaven". It is a treasure for young women to keep their skin ruddy and shiny.

Heavenly fruit

There is also a peculiar-looking wooden pear in Taiwan, commonly known as "balsam pear", which bears red fruit when it is ripe. According to the USDA research report of the United States Department of Agriculture, it contains a variety of essential nutrients for the human body, including lycopene, carotene, zeaxanthin, cryptoxanthin, Q10, Omaga3, lutein and so on.

Inside Paradise Fruit

The mandarin fruit in Taiwan belongs to the native species in the eastern mountains and has always been the traditional food of the aborigines. Traditionally, aborigines only eat green fruit, stewed like green papaya, and the leaves can be stir-fried. The reason for not eating ripe fruit is that it has been spread in the early days that the fruit is poisonous after ripening, but a study by Taitung Agricultural improvement Farm found that the ripe fruit is orange, the pulp is very nutritious and contains a lot of phytogen. the lycopene content of the outer aril of the seed is 70 times higher than that of tomato, and it is turned into functional food abroad.

"reminder" seeds shaped like oysters (pictured below) are slightly poisonous and cannot be eaten.

Paradise fruit seed

Although green fruit can also be eaten, the ripe fruit is better if you want to fully absorb the nutrients of the fruit. So how do you manage the wooden nuts? It's no trouble. The Chenggong Town Farmers' Association in Taitung has specially invited food experts to develop it. At present, aril has been used to make juice, cheese, and bagels. If you eat natural food directly, you can supplement multiple nutrients at once, especially lutein, which is indispensable to 3C users.

Want to taste the rare taste of fruit from heaven? Paradise fruit, rich in lycopene and lutein, is worth a try.