Seeds are edible and taste like chestnuts when cooked. Native to China, Indian, Vietnamese, Indonesian and other places, it is often planted as a garden tree in the south of Guangdong, China, with light and tough wood, which can be used to make utensils. In Guangdong custom, the fruit of Apple is a sacrifice for the seventh sister's birthday. If not, it will be replaced by the fruit of fake Apple. Due to the small annual output of Pingpo and the decline of sacrificial customs, orchards that are rarely planted in large quantities are only planted sporadically.
edibleness
July-August is the harvest period of apple, and fresh seeds are picked, shelled and dried to become commodities without special processing. The edible part of Eichhornia crassipes is its seed kernel, which can be eaten in various ways, such as steaming, boiling, baking, molasses and braising.
After the seeds of Eichhornia crassipes are cooked with water, the black exocarp is peeled off, and then the light brown translucent mesocarp is peeled off, and the light or milky white seeds are eaten. After peeling, the kernel is soft and white, like 1 bird's egg, delicate and beautiful, and its flavor is similar to that of chestnut. Its taste is slightly sweet and fragrant, and its fleshy and juicy taste is better than that of chestnut. In Guangdong, it is often used to cook famous dishes, such as braised chicken with water hyacinth fruit and roasted meat with water hyacinth fruit, which are listed as "Lingnan famous dishes".
The seeds of Eichhornia crassipes are edible and taste like chestnuts when cooked, but the seed setting rate is not high; If we can pay attention to breeding and improve the seed setting rate, it is a woody food plant worth promoting. The fruit is bright red and edible. Leaves can be wrapped in zongzi. The seeds are edible, the flavor is like pineapple seeds and chestnut, and the meat from the Pearl River Delta is delicious. Pods, candied dates and dried tangerine peel can cure bloody dysentery.
Reference to the above contents: Baidu Encyclopedia-Pingpo, Baidu Encyclopedia-Eichhornia crassipes