Took the egg fruit home, talking about this egg fruit grows too high thing, Mr. do not think, said I exaggerate. He said that the egg flower tree branches look sparse and wide, bare poles, how many fruits are seen at a glance, and, which has three or four stories high egg flower?
As soon as I heard it, I knew that he had confused the egg flower with the egg fruit.
The egg flower is called the egg flower because the flower is yellow and white, like an egg white wrapped in an egg yolk. Eggplant tree is like a green umbrella, in the palm-sized green leaves between the clusters of five-petaled soft round creamy white flowers, petals fat and moist, the heart of the flower is a circle of halo swings open, with a sweet creamy yellow.
The egg flower is also known as the fanciful flower because it comes from the West. Yu Yonghe, a famous geographer in the Qing Dynasty, also wrote a poem for the egg flower: "Green onions and large leaves like loquats, bloated branches with white flowers, see the heart of the flower yellow, a family tree leaning against the fence." Really write a very image.
The egg flower is very popular because of the fragrance of the flowers, and different colors of the egg flower, the fragrance is different. The most common local flowers are the white and yellow flowers with thick petals, and the pink flowers with thin and soft petals. Plain white yellow heart of the sweet fragrance, rich like orchids; pink fragrance light, long aftertaste like osmanthus.
In the day of the egg flower, if you pass by its neighborhood, a fragrance will always come suddenly, people can not help but stop, began to let people concentrate on the fine search to open. However, the egg flower's aroma is long and dense, rich and mellow in the air, just look up and you will be able to find its figure.
Because in Thailand, Indonesia and other parts of the South China Sea, the flower is abundant, was designated as a Buddhist temple "five trees and six flowers" one of the widely planted, so it is also known as the "temple tree" or "pagoda tree". The tree is also known as "temple tree" or "pagoda tree". It is also known as the "Temple Tree" or "Pagoda Tree". It is enshrined in front of the Buddha in the Buddha Hall.
Dropped to the ground of the egg flower, do not waste, pick it up, air-dried, used to brew a tea, is commonly known as egg flower tea.
The fresh and tender egg flower is either fried or deep-fried, and the dish made of it is the best specialties for the enthusiastic Dai people in Xishuangbanna to entertain their guests.
However, the egg flower came to Guangdong, of course, in addition to herbal tea is to make soup, the same heat to reduce fire.
The fruit of the egg flower is like a pod, not edible at all, and can eat the egg fruit is a different thing.
Egg fruit it, mature fruit yellow-green to orange-yellow, smooth, thin skin, flesh orange-yellow, rich in starch, texture like egg yolk and aroma, less water, taste slightly sweet. Its flavor and texture is biased towards sweet potatoes, the entrance is like eating egg yolk, easy to choke, also known as "yolk fruit".
However, the egg fruit is picked can not be eaten directly, to be placed in the yolk fruit at room temperature for about a week, gently pinch the fruit with your hand, feel the whole fruit softened can be eaten. Egg yolk fruit in the unsoftened flavor is very astringent, very difficult to eat.
Although the yolk fruit has little flavor, the ripe flesh is sweet and soft, and the flavor is similar to that of sweet potatoes and cooked egg yolks, so it is still very good.
This egg fruit is not the fruit of the egg flower, this egg flower can not bear egg fruit ah.
Now, the December egg flower has begun to winter vacation, only the bare branches left, while the egg fruit is ripe.
Day 298 of the No Precepts Academy