1, non-toxic. The acacia flower is mainly divided into acacia flower, acacia and fragrant acacia and other types. China has a long history of growing acacia flowers, and the habit of eating acacia flowers has been passed down from generation to generation. According to people's habits, acacia flowers are safe to eat, because for a long time there are very few accidents of eating acacia flowers will be poisoned. Acacia flower wheat rice, cooking acacia flower cake are familiar to people's daily diet, Chinese medicine works, "Compendium of Materia Medica" also recorded: "acacia flowers can be used for food, can also be used for medicinal purposes." There is no mention of acacia flowers poisonous words.
2, modern medical research shows that the acacia flower contains contains rutin (i.e., rutinoside), quercetin, tannin, acacia diol, vitamin A and other substances, acacia flower is not toxic to the human body. Therefore, acacia flowers are not poisonous, the average person can safely eat.
3, however, it should be noted that all kinds of acacia flowers are non-toxic, but can be used to do food only acacia flowers. The acacia is mostly dried and used as traditional Chinese medicine, while the flowers of the fragrant acacia is purplish-red, nutritional value is not high, mostly to do ornamental plants.