It usually blooms in 3 years and bears fruit in 5-6 years. The flowering period is from May to June, and the fruiting period is from June to September. It grows in a mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest of 33-48 degrees north latitude and hundreds of meters or a deciduous broad-leaved forest dominated by Korean pine.
Extended data:
Sea cucumber belongs to the class Holothuria, which is a marine echinoderm living below 8000 meters by the sea. It has a history of more than 600 million years. Sea cucumbers feed on algae and plankton on the seabed. Sea cucumbers are covered with thorns and are widely distributed in the oceans of the world.
There are many kinds of sea cucumbers along the coast of the South China Sea, about 20 of which are edible. Sea cucumber is as famous as ginseng, bird's nest and shark's fin. They are one of the eight treasures in the world and have very high nutritional value.
References:
Ginseng _ Baidu encyclopedia