The fruits of Metasequoia can not be eaten. The fruits of the sequoia contain toxic substances, if eaten, easy to human health hazards, serious and even life-threatening, it is best not to eat, but the fruits of the sequoia can be used as medicine, if you want to eat, need to eat under the guidance of the doctor.

Can you eat the fruits of the sequoia

The sequoia is a tree of the order Sequoia, family Sequoia, genus Sequoia, the height of the tree can be up to about 30 meters, the diameter at breast height is about 60-100 cm, the bark is gray-brown, reddish-brown or dark brown, and the male bulbous flowers are yellowish, and there are 8-14 stamens.

The red douglas fir, also called yew, red cypress pine, is an endemic tree species in China, and is also a national level rare and protected species, widely distributed in Gansu, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places in the western part of the country, and is commonly found in the upper part of the mountains at an altitude of more than 1,000-1,200 meters above sea level.

The seeds of the red douglas fir are born in the cup-shaped red fleshy aril, ovoid, often with two obtuse ridges in the upper part, and the umbilicus is nearly round or broadly elliptical, and the seeds and aril in the fruits contain poisonous substances.