The acacia flower has good ornamental value, every time the flowering season comes, a bunch of white acacia flowers adorned with branches, the air is filled with a light . Elegant fragrance, refreshing. So, can you eat red acacia flowers.

What is red acacia flowers

Red acacia is also called fragrant acacia, in Qingdao's tree less, there are a number of Qingdao Agricultural University, mainly used as a green, and also known as acacia white acacia edible need to be boiled water hot and cold water soak, as well as the opening of the red flowers contain certain toxins, and is rarely used for food.

Can you eat red acacia flowers

"Red acacia flowers" can not eat! Every spring and March, we will see the acacia tree on the acacia flowers in full bloom, acacia flowers have three colors, white, yellow, and purple, it looks like a small wind chime, the fragrance of the flowers with a sweet taste, people can not help but want to pick a few in the mouth to taste.

White-flowered acacia has a slight toxicity, but by heating and soaking, the toxicity can be weakened, but the red-flowered acacia toxicity is greater, it is likely to cause an allergic reaction, coupled with residential areas with dense foot traffic, pollution is more serious, so the red acacia is not suitable for human consumption.

The acacia flower, as the name suggests, is the flower of the acacia tree, not open when the "acacia rice", when the flower is "acacia flower". Common acacia flowers have three kinds: acacia flowers, acacia flowers and red acacia flowers. Although they are called acacia flowers, but their use is different: acacia flowers can be used as medicine but not edible, acacia flowers can be eaten but not medicinal, red acacia flowers for ornamental purposes only, not edible and can not be used as medicine.