The sour horn has the effect of quenching thirst and eliminating heat, eliminating food, nourishing the liver and brightening the eyes. The flesh of the sour horn fruit is rich in reducing sugars, organic acids, fruit acids, minerals, vitamins and 89 aromatic substances and a variety of pigments, in addition to proteins, fats and so on.

Seeds account for 30% of the fruit, containing protein, fat, crude fiber, carbohydrates, ash, tannins and other substances.

Fruit pulp in addition to direct raw food, but also can be processed to produce nutrient-rich, special flavor, sweet and sour high-level beverages and food, such as fruit juice, jelly, fructose, jam and concentrated juice, fruit powder, dried fruit and so on.

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The whole body is a treasure of the sour horn, its fruit, leaves, trunks have a very high food value and medicinal value, in medicine, chemical industry, food and other aspects of a wide range of uses.

Sour horn tree growth cycle is slow, hanging fruit takes longer, the economic benefits of slow, so in the country, sour horn more than "four side" sporadic planting, sloppy management, focused on poor quality, low yield, some of the best germplasm gradually depleted extinction.

Sour horn tree is not only economic forest, or ecological forest, sour horn tree root system is huge, beautiful tree shape, branching and leafy, is to prevent soil erosion of the better species, but also purify the air, beautify the environment better ornamental plants.

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