Red bean tree blossom time for April ~ May, flowers for both sexes, September ~ October flattened folder fruit to ripen, the texture is leathery for wood, nearly round, no

Central pericarp

, pods contain 1 ~ 2 bright red shiny, colorful and moving seeds, he is the "Acacia" of the red bean. The red bean tree blossoms and fruits without a certain pattern, some

trees to

decades to blossom once, after the blossom does not necessarily results, so he became a rare treasure.

Legend has it that there is a

beautiful girl

, looking forward to

search for happiness

quan and run away from the partner, every day in the hillside looking into the distance and crying, teardrops sprinkled to the branches of the tree will be a pure red "heart" of the red beans, people will be this kind of red beans called Acacia. Red beans are called Acacia beans, when friends and relatives far away from home always bring a loved one Acacia beans, as a way to send each other's thoughts, lovers also Acacia beans as a token of love to give each other.

There are many kinds of red beans, according to the

color and shape

differences, can be roughly divided into three categories: the first type of color

orange-red

, diameter of about

one centimeter

, shape oval, commonly known as

Yunnan red beans

; the second type of color bright red, glossy, shape The second type of bright red color, shiny, shape similar to the heart, in which there is a heart-shaped, commonly known as "heart in the heart", the scientific name of the "

Sea red beans

", commonly known as: Acacia beans, red beans; the third type of bright red color, shape such as mung beans, two thirds of red, one third of the black, with small white dots on the top and bottom. There are small white spots on the top and bottom, the scientific name of chicken sow, commonly known as red beans, acacia beans.

Red beans, also known as Acacia beans, hard, colorful as blood, like

beating heart

, red and shiny, not moth decay, color crystal, never fade. Even more amazing is the red bean red from the edge to the interior gradually deepen, the innermost and a heart-shaped curve around the deepest red part, really a heart set a heart, heart to heart! ...... No wonder even Wang Wei also composed a poem praising: "Red beans are born in the south, spring hair a few branches. May you pick more, this thing is the most lovesick", the red beans as a symbol of love.

The real Acacia beans are heart-shaped, with a lighter-colored heart-shaped line along the inside of the edge of the shape, which is called 'heart to heart' and became famous; the Acacia beans are naturally bright red in color, with a

beautiful light

haze, symbolizing '

pure love

'; The seed is long-lasting and does not rot, rot, break or crumble, and is known as 'long-lasting and steadfast'. It grows in high cliffs, absorbing the spirit of heaven and earth, is the heart of heaven and earth Jingjie Shenmiao, in our country is also only Yunnan, Hainan and other places in a very small number of regions with such pure Acacia beans. And other areas south of the Yangtze River acacia beans, perhaps because of the climate, not only smaller particles, but also with

Black mouth