Fruit durian is related to Zheng He in Chinese history

Durian (Latin name: Durio zibethinus? Rumph. ex Murray), also written as durian, a plant of the genus durian in Malvaceae. Durian is famous in Thailand, and is known as the "king of fruit". It has a strong smell, and those who love it praise its fragrance, while those who hate it complain about its stink.

durian is an evergreen tree with a height of up to 25 meters, scales on the top of young branches, oblong leaves, sometimes oval-shaped, spherical buds, yellow-white petals, oval capsules, pale yellow or yellow-green, white or yellow-white aril and strong smell. The flowering and fruiting period is from June to December. Originally from Indonesia, it is cultivated in China, Guangdong and Hainan. When the fruit is not ripe, it can be eaten by vegetables and the seeds can be fried.

durian has the functions of nourishing yin and strengthening yang, enhancing immunity, treating dysmenorrhea, stimulating appetite, relieving constipation, preventing and treating hypertension, and preventing and treating cancer.

Try not to eat some cold fruits after eating durian, such as watermelons and pears. If you eat them at the same time, it may cause adverse reactions in the digestive tract, causing vomiting and diarrhea. At the same time, don't eat with some warm foods, such as beef, mutton, lychee, etc., which will cause constipation.

There is a legend about the name of durian, which was named by Zheng He, a navigator of the Ming Dynasty. It is said that Zheng He arrived in Southeast Asia on the voyage and tasted the local specialty fruit, which greatly appreciated durian, but durian can only be cooked once a year, so Zheng He named it "nostalgia" and later generations took it as a homonym.

There are two kinds of sayings. One is that it originated in Malaysia and was introduced to Thailand during the Great City Dynasty. In Malay, durian is called "Tuliang", while in Thai, it has always been called "durian". Another version was introduced from Tahuai, Mali and Danaoshi in Myanmar.

first, when Siam army attacked Myanmar in 1787, it tried to seize his arms, but it could not be conquered. During the siege. Due to the difficulty in transportation and the lack of food and grass in the army, the generals had to order the soldiers to look around for wild fruits to satisfy their hunger. The soldiers found a huge and thorny fruit durian in the forest. When they tried to cut it open, it was unexpectedly sweet and delicious.

Later, when they returned to Bangkok, many officers and men took durian nuts with them and planted them around their houses. It is said that durian trees grew for 1 to 15 years in the courtyards of the descendants of officers and men who had been to Myanmar in Bangkok before. Due to two major floods in 1871 and 1942, these durian trees died out.