Many people simply do not know what is the toon and stinky toon, such as me, to find out the original toon is a vegetable, and stinky toon is a genus of deciduous trees, so what is the difference between the two? Toon can eat stink toon can eat? Here I come to give you a detailed introduction!

The efficacy of stinky toon

Stinky toon is a deciduous tree, because the leaf base glandular point disperses odor and name, but its trunk straight and tall, spring tender leaves purple-red, autumn red fruits full of trees, it is a good ornamental tree and street tree in the western countries is known as the "tree of heaven". Stinking toon material tough, straight texture, with glossy, easy to process, is the construction and furniture production of excellent timber; its wood fiber is long, is also a high-quality raw material for papermaking, at the same time, stinking toon also has a relatively high medical value, its bark, root bark, fruits can be used in medicine, with heat and dryness of dampness, astringent stopping belt, stop diarrhea, stop the bleeding of the efficacy.

Can you eat stinky toon

Stinky toon emits a foul odor, so its leaves have an unpleasant odor, and some people will feel nausea and headache when they smell it. Its leaves are not even loved by domestic animals, let alone people. Stinking toon itself has the ability to sterilize and kill insects, and the ability to resist toxic pollution is very strong, so that the advantage can make the bugs away from stinking toon, but at the same time, it also explains a problem: stinking toon is poisonous. Chinese medicine literature also has records, said stinky toon has "small poison", can only be used for decoction soup external wash, and can not be eaten.

But because of the stinky toon and toon appearance is very similar, it is not easy to distinguish, so some black-hearted merchants will be in the toon mixed with stinky toon to deceive consumers to buy, so when you go to buy toon, must be careful. In fact, you only need to use your nose to smell, you will know whether the store sells real toon.

But there are people who say, stinky toon tender young fruit is a very good wild vegetables, June every year, after the mid-flowering can be collected, after picking back to blanch with boiling water, and then put into cool water to soak for two days or so, to more than a few times to change the water, soaked well with the condiments to eat cold, like tofu skin, the texture is particularly good.

The difference between toon and stinky toon

Toon: a deciduous tree of the genus Toon in the family Neem. The bark is dark brown and flaky. Branchlets stout, leaf scars large and oblate, with 5 vascular bundles, even-numbered pinnately compound leaves (sparse odd-numbered pinnately compound leaves), fragrant, long elliptic or broadly lanceolate, apex acuminate, base asymmetric, entire or with inconspicuous serration. Dioecious, paniculate inflorescences, bisexual flowers white, the fruit is an ellipsoid capsule with winged seeds, the seeds can be reproduced.

Native to China, distributed over a wide area north and south of the Yangtze River. It is now cultivated in southern Liaoning, north to southeast and southwest China. Light-loving, shade intolerant, suitable for deep, fertile sandy soil, in neutral, acidic, calcareous soil are well grown, mild salinity, resistance to toxic gases.

Stinky toon: a deciduous tree of the genus Stinky toon in the family of Bitterwood. The bark is gray-white or gray-black, smooth, slightly shallow cracks. Branchlets stout, leaf scars large obovate, with 9 vascular bundle scars, odd-pinnate compound leaves, alternate. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, entire in the middle and upper part, with 1-2 pairs of coarse serrations near the base, glandular dots at the apex of the teeth, a few coarse teeth near the base, petioles basally expanded, with 1 glandular dots at the end of the teeth, foul-smelling. Monoecious or dioecious. Panicles terminal, flowers small, polygamous, white-green. Fruits are samaras with seeds in the center.

Native to China, widely distributed, distributed between 22°-43° N latitude. Light-loving, intolerant of shade. Strong adaptability, in addition to clay, a variety of soils and neutral, acidic and calcareous soil can grow, suitable for deep, fertile, moist sandy soil. Cold-resistant, drought-resistant, intolerant of water and moisture, long-term waterlogging will rot the roots and die. Deep rooted. Resistant to soot and SO2, less pests and diseases. Can tolerate drought and salinity, and fast growth, strong resistance to toxic gases, can be used as urban, industrial and mining areas and rural greening species.

How to distinguish

(1) the number of leaves is different. Stinking toon is odd-numbered pinnate compound leaves, toon is generally even (rare for odd) pinnate compound leaves.

(2) leaf flavor is different. Stinky toon leaves have a foul odor, and toon leaves have a stronger fragrance.

(3) trunks are different. The surface of stinky toon trunk is smoother and not cracked, while the trunk of fragrant toon is often striped and peeled.

(4) fruit is different. Stinky toon fruit for the winged fruit, toon fruit for the capsule.

(5) Vascular bundles are different. Observing the leaf scars, the vascular bundles of stinky toon are 9 and those of fragrant toon are 5.