It is a wild fruit called August melon, also called wild banana and August, the name of the traditional Chinese medicine, "pre-cognizance".

Not ripe good "wild melon" is still green, a round and moist hanging on the tree is very pleasant, like a large mango, but its skin can be much thicker than a mango, after ripening will become a pleasant target purple russet color probably yellow, looks very much like we have eaten "sweet potatoes! "

The fruit is shaped like a banana, rich in sugar, vitamin C and 12 kinds of amino acids, as well as the human body can not synthesize valerianic acid, methionine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, lysine and so on. Fruit flavor sweet, green food for non-polluting, there is a "soil banana" said. Distributed in Guizhou, Hunan area, including Tongren, Guizhou, Hunan Zhangjiajie Tianzishan scenic area, Sichuan Ya'an asbestos predominantly, the lunar August melon ripe openings, Suoxiyu, Yangjiajie foothills and valleys, the edge of the forest bushes in the wild resources are abundant.