Sweet horn, also known as tamarind, "Mukhan" (Dai language}, for the acid bean genus (Tamarindus? Linn.) plants, its mature fruit brown, sweet, similar to the flavor of dried cinnamon. Sweet horn pulp is rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron and other elements, including calcium content in all fruits in the first place. In the winter and spring seasons, the sky is high and cloudy, the wind is clear and fresh, into the Dai village in Xishuangbanna, it is easy to see a kind of local people especially favorite fruit tree - sweet horn. It is a tall tree, rough trunk, branches and leaves sparse, hanging on the branches of a string, a dulcimer brown hook-shaped pods.
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The sweet horn is native to tropical Africa, and then introduced into India by the Sudan to reproduce and plant, the growth is very suitable, so that people mistakenly believe that the sweet horn is a native plant of India. Later, the sweet horn from southern Asia spread to Persia, Arab countries and Europe and other places. In the 4th century B.C., sweet horn was once popular in ancient Egypt and Greece. In all the world's tropical fruit trees, sweet horn is the most widely distributed, in addition to Antarctica, the other continents have distribution. Asia is the world's main sweet horn producing areas. India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asian countries are cultivated, mainly grown in heat conditions, rainfall, altitude of not more than 1500 meters of dry slopes. Among them, India, the Philippines, Thailand has a piece of orchard, and the yield is very considerable, only India's annual output of fruit pods amounted to 275,000 tons, the Philippines annually exported 80,000 U.S. dollars worth of sweet corner, Thailand's famous sweet and sour corner and sour corner every year, also a large number of exports for foreign exchange. The sweet horn tree? In the Americas, the sweet corner is mainly distributed in many countries in Latin America and the United States of the dry and hot areas, Mexico cultivated area in the continent's largest, amounting to 4,443 hectares. The United States is mainly distributed in Hawaii, the southern section of the western Pacific coast, the Gulf Coast and Florida, there is the famous Meinele sweet and sour horn. In Guatemala, the distribution is concentrated in the hot dry canyon of Metagua, and there is also a large area of wild Cape Sour trees. In Africa, the sweet horn is mainly distributed in Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa, Lesotho, Kenya, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan and other countries in the low altitude barren slopes of the drylands and deserts. South Africa and Ethiopia are relatively more abundant. In Europe, the sweet horn is mainly distributed in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece and other countries at an altitude of less than 1,000 meters offshore slopes, barren mountain slopes. Some families also like to plant sweet horn to beautify the yard. In Oceania, the sweet horn is mainly distributed in Australia, Fiji and other countries. Sweetcorn? Sweet horn in China is mainly distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and other provinces and regions of the south and Hainan, Taiwan, the altitude does not exceed 1400 meters of the dry slopes of the wasteland, dry and hot river valleys, courtyard four sides and coastal. The vast majority in the wild and semi-wild state, the area is estimated to be less than 830 hectares. For a long time, the conservation and development of sour hornbeam fruit trees have been neglected because of the large gap between the comparative interests of economic crops such as longan, lychee, mango, pineapple, coffee, rubber, and coconut in the hot zone and those of sweet horn. Especially affected by the extreme leftist thinking in the past, a large number of old sweet horn trees have been cut down, and the resources have been seriously destroyed. Sweet horn in Yunnan is mainly distributed in the Jinsha River, Nujiang River, Yuanjiang dry hot river valley and Xishuangbanna area, the altitude of 50-1350 meters in the heat of the good place, the natural growth of the Banna sweet type and the ordinary sour type two types. Among them, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces within the Jinsha River Valley is the main producing areas of China's sour horn, annual output of sour horn 100 tons, yield, quality, flavor are better than other areas of the province. 20 century 70s, sweet horn has been in the Guangzhou Trade Fair attracted the attention of foreign merchants and inquiries, but unfortunately at that time, limited to the conditions were not able to open up in a timely manner to export. In recent years, with the development of the economy and people's further understanding and development of sour horn, sweet horn has emerged in the domestic and international markets, shine.[Edit Paragraph]Role
1, the sweet corner of the tree grows slowly, life expectancy of up to 200 years, of which the economic life expectancy of about 100 years. Its beautiful tree, branches and leaves evergreen, is an ideal garden ornamental trees, if the young trees applied to horticultural bonsai technology, but also a good bonsai production materials. 2, the amount of flowers, long flowering period, April-August are constantly blooming, can be said to be an excellent honey plant, its nectar is slightly acidic, excellent taste, while the flowers can be used to make Western-style salads. 3, sweet horn pulp is rich in sugar, acetic acid, tartaric acid, anthranilic acid, citric acid and other ingredients, in the field of food is mainly used to make condiments, beverages, jams, etc., the product is loved by consumers. 4, at the same time, Cape Sour pulp is rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron and other elements, including calcium content in all fruits in the first place. Therefore, in medicine, the Cape is also widely used by people. Such as eating capers can cure diarrhea, gas, leprosy, paralysis, paralysis, prevention and treatment of scurvy, excessive bile, can kill human parasites, slowing down alcohol, mandrake poisoning. Directly oral sour horn can be born in the summer, clearing heat and detoxification, eliminate sore throat, help digestion, clean teeth and teeth.[edit]Nutritional value
Sweet corner? Sweet horn contains 3.1% protein, 71.8% carbohydrates, 3.0% fiber, vitamins C, A, B1, B2, calcium, phosphorus, iron. Sweet corner of the fruit full, slightly acidic taste more sweet, taste better than sour corner. Because of the small production as well as the production of geographic concentration, many people who know or love sour horn do not know sweet horn. Sweet corner in addition to taste better than the sour corner, with all the advantages and effectiveness of the sour corner, rich in sour corner contains a variety of nutrients and trace elements, whether fresh food, or home production of cold drinks or factory manufacturing food, are very beneficial to the human body with health effects.[edit]Efficacy
Sweet corner is very good for tonic brain and hair. Cooling and decongesting, appetizer and spleen, direct oral sweet horn can generate Tianjin to heat, cough phlegm, eliminate sore throat, help digestion, clean teeth and teeth, for both young and old suitable for health food. It has high health care efficacy, can prevent and control diarrhea, gas bloating, paralysis, paralysis, scurvy, kill human parasites, slow down alcohol, mandrake poisoning. If mixed with salt, it can be used as a rheumatism remover. Pregnant women eat sweet horn appetizing, can also relieve vomiting caused by pregnancy reactions.[edit]Grafting and propagation technology
It is widely grown in Thailand, which exports large quantities of the fruit to Europe and other countries in Southeast Asia every year[1]. Thai sweet horn pulp is a good raw material for processing health food and flavored drinks; seeds are rich in tamarind polysaccharide, is similar to pectin but better than pectin, a good food thickener and stabilizer; leaves contain ouabain, orientin and other flavonoids, can be used as drinking water bleaching agent, or as a vegetable for consumption; its wood texture is hard and dense, sapwood yellow-white, black and purple with brown heartwood, merchants called it "Madras mahogany" [2] . . Thai sweet horn is a combination of multiple uses in an important tree species, more and more people's attention. In recent years, China has successfully carried out the introduction and cultivation of different varieties of Thai sweetcorn, this paper analyzes the nutrient composition of the fruit of different varieties of Thai sweetcorn, in order to provide a scientific basis for the development and utilization of Thai sweetcorn resources.Reference: