Small red fruits, namely pyracantha fortunei, evergreen shrubs or small trees, can reach 3m in height and are usually propagated by sowing, cutting and layering. Pyracantha has a beautiful tree shape, flowers in summer and red fruits in autumn. The fruit keeps its branches for a long time. It can be used as yard hedges and landscaping materials, and can also be used as roadside hedges to beautify the greening environment. Good dust filtering effect, strong absorption and resistance to sulfur dioxide. Fruit, root and leaf are used as medicine, which are flat in nature and sweet and sour in taste. Leaves can clear away heat and detoxify, and can be applied externally to treat sores and swelling. It is an excellent flower viewing plant in spring and an excellent fruit viewing plant in winter.

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Small red fruits and seeds contain 18 amino acids, including 7 essential amino acids for human body and 2 essential amino acids for infants. The total content of seed is 8. 13% ~ 9.29%, and the dry pulp is 3.47% ~ 3.54%. The soluble sugar in fresh fruit is as high as 10% ~ 13%, of which fructose, glucose and sucrose account for more than 90%.

Dry pulp contains crude egg white 4. 19%, total fat 0.74% ~ 1.0 1%, starch 5.40% ~ 6. 10%, cellulose 3.35% ~ 3.54% and pectin/kloc-. 100 g, in addition to a large number of vitamin B 1, B2, PP, C, E and 9 mineral elements, its nutritional value is more distinctive than that of apple and kiwifruit.

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