Many people who grew up in rural areas believe that they have had the experience of going up to the mountains to cut firewood or herd cattle. Especially those born in the 1970s and 1980s, basically every week or holiday was spent herding cattle and collecting firewood.

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If you stay in the mountains for a long time, you will inevitably feel thirsty or hungry. If there are ripe wild fruits around, you can pick some wild fruits to satisfy your hunger or quench your thirst. The following wild fruits are well-known to the public, let’s take a look

See how many kinds you have eaten?

Wild guava, whose scientific name is guava, is also known as chicken shit fruit. It is mostly found in Guangdong and Guangxi, and is also distributed in other southern regions. It is a very common wild fruit in rural areas. It has a sweet taste and a crisp texture.

Wild plums Wild plums, also called mountain plums, scientific name: Li.

It mostly grows in sparse forests on hillside, on roadsides or in bushes. The ripe fruit tastes sweet and sour, with a crisp and sweet texture. It can be eaten raw, pickled or soaked in wine.

Wild cherry Wild cherry is also called mountain cherry or hairy cherry. The red fruit is very attractive and tastes sour and sweet.

Wild hawthorn Wild hawthorn is also known as black brown pear, small-leaf hawthorn, red fruit, and southern hawthorn. The mature fruits can be eaten raw, made into wine, and made into jam, dried hawthorn, hawthorn slices, etc.

Wild bayberry Wild bayberry can be eaten raw, made into wine or made into dried bayberry, bayberry jam, bayberry preserves, etc. It can also be used as russet food or textile dye.

Rose apple is also known as water apple, rose apple, ring drum, water pomegranate, fragrant fruit, and wind drum. The ripe fruit can make a sound when shaken, and the taste is crisp and sweet with the fragrance of rose.

Wild mulberry is also called mulberry fruit, mulberry seed, black mulberry, black mulberry, mulberry fruit, and mulberry jujube. The mature fruit is purple-black and can be eaten raw, made into wine, and used as medicine.

Chestnut Chestnut, also known as Kui chestnut, wind chestnut, chestnut, cone chestnut, and hair chestnut, is one of the famous nuts with sweet taste and glutinous flesh.

The scientific name of Nine-Layered Skin is Pingpo, also known as Liuwangzi, water hyacinth fruit, and cockscomb seed. The seeds need to be cooked or simmered before eating. The taste is slightly like chestnut.

Wild grapes, also known as snake grapes and mountain grapes, can be eaten raw or used to make wine. However, they have become rare in recent years.

Wild blueberry Wild blueberry is also known as Dusi, Dusi, Duxi, and its scientific name is European bilberry. The ripe fruit tastes sweet and sour, has a unique flavor, and is rich in nutrients. It can be eaten raw, brewed, soaked in wine, and can also be made into preserves, dried fruits, etc.

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Begonia fruit Begonia fruit is also called hutong and yalapu. The ripe fruit has a fragrant aroma, sweet and sour taste.

Shandingzi Shandingzi is also known as Shandingzi, also known as Shandingzi and Linjingzi. The seedlings are often used as grafting stock for crab apples, apples and other saplings. The fruits can be eaten raw, made into wine or made into preserved fruits.

Wild persimmon, also known as mountain persimmon and oil persimmon, is small in size. The immature fruits are used to extract persimmon lacquer. The mature fruits are edible. The dried wild persimmons are sweet and very delicious.

Mao berry is also known as Humu, Shepaoji, Sanyuepao, Guogong, Hongmeixiao and Hongpao. The mature fruits can be eaten raw, made into wine or vinegar, and have a sweet, sour and juicy taste.

Hairy winter melon and cat egg winter melon are also known as mountain syzygium, white apple, wooly sheep peach, white hairy peach, and white cane pear. They usually mature during the summer vacation and are children's favorite wild fruit.

Strings of red weights are the most delicious snacks in the eyes of rural children, and they are also the delicacies and game envied by city people. Their scientific name is Schisandra chinensis.

Wild peaches generally refer to ungrafted peaches. This kind of fruit is small and not good-looking, but it tastes sweet and sour.

Wild loquat Wild loquat is also called mountain loquat. Compared with cultivated loquats, it appears smaller, but its taste is definitely not inferior to cultivated loquats.

Wild mountain oranges are a type of wild mountain orange that is much smaller than cultivated oranges. The ripe fruit tastes slightly sour and slightly bitter, and can be eaten after pickling.

Ma Pao'er Ma Pao'er is also called small wild melon, Xiao Ma Pao, Ma Bao, and cantaloupe egg. It tastes bitter and slightly sweet. It was mostly played with when children were young.

Yellow Gardenia, also known as gardenia and mountain gardenia, can be boiled in water or made into tea for drinking. The boiled juice can be used for food dyeing and is a natural food dye.

Ophiopogon japonicus Ophiopogon japonicus is the fruit of Ophiopogon japonicus. This wild fruit is probably eaten by relatively few people and does not taste very good, but there is no harm in eating it and it is edible.

Pyracanthus pyracanthus is known as army-saving food. It is food that people can use to satisfy their hunger during famine times. It is also a highly ornamental plant that can be made into bonsai or used for landscaping.

Loquat is also called wild sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, pomegranate, sweet potato seed, sweet potato fig, etc. It has a sweet taste.