Lianwu is not known as a fruit for pregnant women. Pregnant women can eat lotus root, but they should eat less.

The pulp of Lianwu is loose and spongy, with a crisp and sweet taste. It can be eaten as fresh fruit or used to make jam and fruit wine. Lotus mist can also be used as a dish. It has a light sweetness with an apple-like fragrance, and leaves a fragrant aroma on the teeth and cheeks after eating. Lotus apple pulp contains tannin-like substance oak ellagitin. In terms of medicine, lotus mist is called hibiscus in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" and can be used as medicine.

Lianwu is native to Malaysia and Indonesia. It was introduced to Taiwan, China in the 17th century. It is now cultivated in Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Taiwan. Lianwu likes a warm and humid climate and moist fertile soil. It is mostly planted in Wet places near ponds and rice fields. According to the color of Lianwu fruits, it can be roughly divided into five categories: dark red small fruit varieties, pink varieties, white varieties, green varieties and large fruit varieties.

Morphological characteristics of lotus mist

Syzygium sylvestris, an evergreen tree of the genus Syzygium of the Myrtaceae family, is a tree, 12 meters high; the young branches are flattened. The leaves are thin and leathery, oval to oblong, 10-22 cm long, 5-8 cm wide, with blunt or slightly pointed apex, narrow base, round or slightly heart-shaped, the upper part turns yellowish brown when dry, and the lower part is more Tiny glandular spots.

There are 14-19 pairs of side veins, running obliquely upward at an angle of 45 degrees. They combine with each other to form obvious side veins 5 mm from the edge. There is also an additional side vein 1.5 mm close to the edge. The intervals between the veins are 6-10 mm, with obvious network veins; the petiole is extremely short, more than 4 mm long, sometimes almost sessile.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia - Syzygium chinensis