Shaguo, whose real name is Huahong, is a small deciduous tree of Rosaceae and Malus. The leaves are oval or oval, with sharp tips and extremely fine serrations at the edges. Flowers bloom at the turn of spring and summer, arranged in an umbrella shape at the top of branches. Pedicels and calyx have fuzz, buds are red, and after opening, the color fades and turns red.

The fruit is mature in autumn, oblate, 4-5 cm in diameter, yellow or red. It is widely distributed in the Yellow River, Yangtze River valley and Liaoning area in Chinese mainland, and grows in areas with an altitude of 50 meters to13,000 meters. It often grows on raw hillsides, flat land and valley terraces. It tastes like apples and has many varieties. It can be propagated by grafting, sowing, branching and other methods. It is a unique plant in China. Sweet and sour.

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Morphological characteristics of Amomum villosum: small trees, 4-6 meters high; Branchlets are stout, cylindrical, tender branches are densely pilose, old branches are dark purple-brown, hairless and have sparse light lenticels; Winter buds are ovoid, acute at the apex, densely pilose at first, gradually falling off and grayish red.

Leaf blade ovate or elliptic, 5- 1 1 cm long and 4-5.5 cm wide, with acute or acuminate apex, rounded or broadly wedge-shaped base, finely serrated edges, pubescent above, gradually falling off, and densely pubescent below; Petiole length 1.5-5 cm, pubescent; Stipules are small, membranous, lanceolate and caducous.

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