Physalis of Solanaceae, commonly known as hanging golden lantern, soaking grass in heaven, golden lantern and red girl. Perennial herb, the stem is about 40-80 cm high. The fruit calyx is egg-shaped, the size of ping-pong, thin leathery, with obvious reticulate veins, with 10 ribs, orange or fiery red; Berries are spherical, orange-red, cherry-sized, soft and juicy. The flowering period is May-September, and the fruiting period is June 6- 10/October. Fruit is edible and medicinal.
In summer, "girls" are often sold on the street, but not many people like them. To say that this is the true body of Sister Lin in A Dream of Red Mansions.
Sour pulp has many aliases, and it was also called peel fruit in ancient times; Hanging golden lanterns and soaking grass in Sichuan; In Guangdong and Shaanxi, it is known as the Golden Lantern; It is also called bubble grass in Jiangxi.
These names all come from its shape. It looks like a lantern or a bubble. There is a red or yellow fruit in the bubble. When you eat it, peel off the orange-red lantern paper (fruit calyx) outside to reveal the red fruit inside.
This kind of plant lives all over Eurasia. When the temperature and conditions are suitable, the mature fruit hangs on the branches, and the water in the outer layer of lantern paper (fruit calyx) is completely air-dried, and the thin leather part is broken into pieces and peeled off. The hidden reticular veins and bones on the fruit calyx are all present, becoming a hollow network formed by a net wire. Through the network, the bright red fruit inside can be seen.
At this time, its beauty appeared, and the ancients were attracted by its exquisiteness and exquisiteness, and gave it a more literary and beautiful name than the red girl: Luo Shenzhu.
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Sour pulp, also known as cold pulp, was named in the ancient book Erya. It is a berry with sweet and sour taste, hence the name. Sour pulp is named because the fruit is sour, and lanterns and skins are named because the fruit has tendons and bones and is pictographic. Take the name of the Queen Mother and Luoshen Pearl, whether the beads are red or pictographic. It is a slip of the tongue for later generations to call it a red girl.
To put it bluntly, it is to pass on the sound and say the sour pulp of the common name melon sac is a girl. When this sour berry is air-dried, only a red bead is covered with a net bag, which is quite similar to loofah.
Phoenix Net-It's both a Luo Shenzhu and a Red Girl.
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