They have the important characteristics of general nuts, such as hard skin and crisp nuts. The abalone fruit tastes crispy, and long-term consumption can nourish the brain.
Bowfish fruit is called "the king of nuts". Abalone fruit is rich in nutrition. Besides protein, fat and carotene, the contents of vitamin B 1, vitamin B2 and vitamin E are also rich. Nuts contain 8 kinds of amino acids needed by human body, among which the contents of calcium, phosphorus and iron are also higher than other nuts. Most importantly, the content of magnesium and selenium in abalone fruit is much higher than that in general food.
Tips:
Abalone fruit has a hard skin and few natural openings. It is best to hit walnuts or pecan pliers with a small hammer when eating.
[Edit this paragraph] The source of "abalone fruit"
There are three opinions about the origin of "abalone fruit" after investigation:
One is the seed of "abalone fruit" or "Brazil chestnut" (not fruit, so dried fruit is only suitable for eating). Brazilian chestnut is also called
Brazil nuts, produced in Brazil's tropical rain forest, are rich in nutrition and have considerable international trade volume. It is said that it is really called "one of the nuts"
Wang ",so this statement is more credible.
Two, "abalone fruit" is produced in the United States, but also in Fujian and Taiwan Province provinces.
Three, "abalone fruit", also known as desert fruit, is produced in desert areas and Xinjiang, China.
[Edit this paragraph] The role of abalone fruit
Brain-nourishing effect of abalone fruit
Long-term consumption of abalone fruit can not only strengthen the brain, but also prevent brain aging. It is suggested that old people and children can eat a little, but abalone
Fruit can produce 670 kilocalories per 100g (rice 100g 120 kcal), so it is better to eat two or three at a time, and don't eat too much at a time.
Too many.
Nutritional function of abalone fruit
The abalone fruit is rich in high-quality oil, which is beneficial to the body's absorption of fat-soluble vitamins and is suitable for people who are weak, weak after illness and prone to hunger.
It has a good nourishing effect.
Scientific name Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K.
English name Brazil nut
Chinese names Brazil chestnut, Brazil fruit, Brazil fruit and abalone fruit.
Among them, the name "Brazil fruit" is often called passion fruit, commonly known as "egg fruit", "Brazil fruit" and "passion fruit of Brazil fruit". Because of its rich nutrition and special aroma, it is called "passion fruit" and "king of juice", which is different from Brazil nut.
It is called "abalone fruit" because its edible part (seed) looks like abalone.
Classification of Castanea (or Brazil nut) in Myrtaceae.
There is only one kind of Castanea brasiliensis, and the common name Bertholletia is named after the French chemist Claude Bettol.
Origin: Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil, eastern Colombia, eastern Peru and eastern Bolivia in South America. Scattered in the forests along the Amazon, Negro and Orinoco rivers.
Habit requires a high temperature and high humidity climate and deep and well-drained soil. 10- 15 Start breeding with seeds. 1 1 Fruits are ripe and harvested after landing. Each adult tree bears 100-300 fruits. Seeds cannot be stored.
Morphological plants are big trees, with a height of 30 ~ 45 meters and a trunk diameter of 2 meters. It is one of the largest trees in the Amazon rainforest, with a tree age of more than 500 years. The bark is gray and slippery, the trunk is straight and the wood is excellent. Deciduous plants, leaves will fall off in dry season, simple leaves, alternate leaves, whole leaf margin or obtuse serrations, long elliptic leaves, 20-35cm long, 0-0-/0-5 cm wide, wavy, sharp at the top, whorled and short petiole. The flowers are small, white and green, and the inflorescence is a panicle with a length of 5 ~ 10 cm. Every flower has two parts: calyx and corolla. Calyx is falling calyx, corolla has six petals, and petals are cream. Stamens are numerous. The capsule is spherical, brown, with a diameter of 10- 15cm, and a wooden hard shell weighing about 2 kg. Each fruit has 12-24 seeds, its cross section is triangular (similar to abalone) and its inner core is white.
The kernel contains 65-70% oil and 8% protein 13- 17% hydrate. It is mostly used for processing candy and other foods, and the oil is edible.
Ecological chestnut will bear fruit only if it grows in the virgin forest. It is not that there is usually a lack of an orchid in the virgin forest, but that this orchid will indirectly affect the pollination and fruiting of chestnut. This orchid will give off a smell that attracts drones, and drones will use this smell to attract females to mate. Without this orchid, male bees and female bees would not mate, resulting in a decrease in the number of bees. The decrease in the number of bees will make the flowers of Castanea brasiliensis unable to complete pollination and fruiting. If there are both orchids and bees in the forest, the flowers of Castanea brasiliensis can be pollinated smoothly, and it takes 14 months for the fruit to mature after pollination.
There is a lignified hard shell outside the fruit, the shell thickness is about 0.8 ~ 1.2 cm, and there are 8 ~ 24 seeds in it, which are triangular and 4 ~ 5 cm long. When the fruit is ripe, it will fall to the ground. Because the tree is very tall, the fruit can fall to the ground at a speed of 80 km/h in 3 seconds, and its shell is hard and heavy enough to smash the animal's skull when it falls to the ground. In the season when the fruit is ripe, people had better not go near this tree. Therefore, Brazil nuts are nicknamed forest shells.
The relationship between various creatures in the forest is related, even the hard shell can be bitten by animals. There is a small hole at one end of the fruit. Large rodents, such as guinea pigs, will use this hole to bite open the fruit and eat the seeds inside. After eating the remaining seeds, they will be buried and eaten later. Some of these buried seeds will germinate and grow new seedlings.
The seeds of chestnut must have sunshine when they germinate, and the places where the seeds are buried by guinea pigs are mostly dark places. When these seeds germinate and grow to the young tree stage, the young tree will wait for the right time because of the dark environment. When the nearby trees fall down and the sun shines on the place where the young trees grow, the young trees will immediately resume their growth. Because of the closed environment of tropical rain forest, trees often block the sun, making it difficult for seeds to germinate. They have been sleeping in the soil, and some even sleep for decades. 1532, a group of people (Europeans-Spaniards) came to the forest and brought axes and other tools. They cut down trees and the sun shone on the ground. Sleeping Brazilian chestnut quickly germinates and begins to grow, which can grow to 50 meters high and become the owner of Amazon forest. Brazil nut tree is called "rainforest giant" and "rainforest giant".
Although the Brazil nut tree is tall, it also has the object of strangulation-strangling the banyan tree. The seeds of banyan tree first fell on the branches of Brazil nut tree, and then grew up day by day. The vines strangled the banyan tree slowly wound around the Brazil nut tree to absorb nutrients. A few years later, the nut tree was only an empty shell.
Brazil nut tree is a part of Amazon's fragile life network, and many animals and plants are interdependent. If sustainable utilization can be achieved, this precious resource will help improve the lives of local residents and better protect their living environment.
Uses Brazil chestnut seeds can be eaten, especially like abalone, so the commodity is called abalone fruit. The seed kernel is fat, white, fragrant and moist, and it tastes crispy and delicious, especially fragrant and delicious, with endless aftertaste; It is nutritious and contains 14% protein, 1 1% carbohydrate and 67% fat. About 25% of the fat is saturated, 4 1% is monounsaturated and 34% is polyunsaturated. Among nut foods, chestnut has the highest saturated fat content, even higher than pecan.
Brazil chestnut is also rich in selenium, magnesium, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, vitamin E, carotene and so on. And the content of calcium, phosphorus and iron is higher than other nuts. Brazil nut is the highest known plant rich in organic selenium, which can promote the synthesis of glutathione. The latest research shows that Brazil nuts have obvious anti-alcoholism and liver protection effects.
Brazilian chestnut is known as the "king of nuts" because of its excellent taste and rich nutrition. Regular consumption can enhance the memory ability of the brain, which is a good product for tourism and leisure, and also a high-grade gift for relatives and friends.
The seed shell is hard, so you need to use nut pliers or a seeder when you eat it.
Seeds are high in fat and difficult to preserve, especially Brazilian chestnuts that have been shelled, which are easy to rot.
Seeds can also be pressed for oil, and the oil of Brazil chestnut can be eaten, and it can also be used as lubricating oil for clocks and watches and as a pigment for painting.
Brazil nuts are sold all over the world, with an annual trade volume exceeding 50 million US dollars.